This is an analysis of Circe by Sophus Michaëlis.

Hør, Frøerne kvækker i festligt Kor
— det grønneste Vildnis af Sumpen gror.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bX XX XX XX XX bX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 1111101 11101101 111111101 10011001011 1111101 1100101101 1111101 11101011 1101101010 111111101 11101101 1101111100 1111101 111010111 1101101 1101111101 111111 110000111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 18

Epiphora

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