This is an analysis of the poem April 1885 that begins with:
Foraaret er kommet, iblandt os det staar
og Haanden til Hilsen os rækker;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXXbXbX bXXXXXcX XbXcXXXX XXcXXXXX XdadXXXX XXXXdXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001010111 11011011 11011011001 11001011 1101110101 110110110 110111001 11110110 1101110101 11011011 11011011011 1111111 10101101111 1111111 1111001111 1101011 0101111011 1110111111 11011011001 111111 110111101 11000011 1101111111 1111001 11011011011 1111101 10111001111 11011001 1111011111 11011001 1101101111 1101011 111110111 111111110 111111111 110110110 110101111 11100110 1101111100 11111110 11111011111 110011110 1111111011 1101110 1101111011 11011110 11111011111 11011110 1100101111 11010110 110010111 111110 110111110 1101101 110110111 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; vi, der, i, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
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- summary of April 1885;
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