This is an analysis of the poem Aften-Vandring that begins with:

Luunt bæved Vinden i de grønne Straae;
Den høye Hvælving, reen og himmelblaa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXbbXXXXXacXXXXaXXXaXXXXXcbbXXXXXXXXXdXXeeXXXXaXXXfXXXXXXXXadXXXXXXXXXXXffXXggaXfXXXXXgXXXXXaXXXXfeedXXXXXXXeeXgXXgXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 130,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 10111100 101110000 1101011101 1101010111 100111100 11110110 110111100 110101111 1101011101 111111101 11011111 111111011 0110111 111111100 111010111 110111011 111100101 10011100 111111 110110111 111110100 1101110100 1111101 1101001100 11101010 11110100 011010101 011011101 1111011 110110001 1110111 11101011 1100010100 110111111 10111011 1111001101 11000111 111111111 1100111111 111100111 1111100100 111110111 110111100 11111100 11111111 111110111 1111110 11101111 1100010111 11111100 11011100 1110011111 11111011 110111001 111101101 111111101 110101111 1111010111 110111011 1110010101 11011011 111111111 1111011111 111111101 111111010 110111111 01101111 1111010101 110111100 011110111 11111100 111111100 1001111110 1111111 111111111 1100100101 111011100 111101111 1001111110 111101101 1111110111 11011111 1101011111 1101010001 1101011101 1011010001 1101011100 111111111 11011110 11001111 110101111 1111011001 1111111 11101001 11111100 11111100 111101111 11110111 11110100 111111111 11111101 1111111101 1111011100 110111010 11101111 11011111 110101111 1111010101 11011110 1101001101 11111111 110101111 111110001 110101111 111000111 111111111 111001011 11110111 1111010111 11011110 110111010 11111011 111111100 110111011 111111101 11010111 110111111 110001111 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4931
  • Average number of words per stanza: 954
  • Amount of lines: 130
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, jeg, den, i, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, de, om, han, jeg, hvor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, e, m are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase om connects the lines.

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  • summary of Aften-Vandring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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