This is an analysis of the poem Sommervarme that begins with:

Det var Middag; drivende Hede.
Vinduer oppe, Gardinerne nede!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XXXX XXX XXXXXXXXaXX XXXXXbX XXXXXX XXXXX XXX XbXb XXXXX XaXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,3,11,7,6,5,3,4,5,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1011001 1110110010 110110100 110111010 11111111 1111111 11111111 1110111011 110101111 11011101 1101011001 1011101111 111011010100 1101111 1101011 10111110110 111111110 1111 1101010 11110110 1101101110 111111 11001110 01011111 11011111 10111110010 1111111 101111011 111111 1011111 1100111000 110011110 10101101 11111110 1011011000 101011100 11101001 111001101 11011111 11111011110 11101111 11111 111101100 11111 1101111 111111111 1111011110 101111111 1111101 111111 111111110 11011111 11110 1011 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lder, ret are repeated).

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  • summary of Sommervarme;
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