This is an analysis of the poem I Vaaren that begins with:

Hendes Øjne er kvidrende Fugle,
som altid synger om Vaar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX BXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX BXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1101011 1101111 101101 1010111 110011 111101 111011 1101111 1110011 1111111 111101 1010101 1101011 1101111 1011111 11011111 1101101 1101111 11111 1010111 110111 111101 110111111 11110110 1101101 0101110 11011101 01011110 1101101 11001010 1111001 1101111 1110011 1111111 111101 1101111 11011001 111011 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, g, og, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word hendes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of I Vaaren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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