This is an analysis of the poem Freidigt Sommer-Liv that begins with:

Hvor deilig er Naturen, og hvor rolig!
Høit hvælver sig den grønne Blomster-Bolig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXcd XXef XXXX XaXX XXaX XXgX XXXb feXX XXXX XXXX aXaa XXaX XXdc XXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001110 111111010 1100011100 1110111010 11100101010 11111110 100111101 1111110 10010111111 101001100 11011101 110101111 111011100 111101111 11010111 11100100 110101111 1101111101 111110011 11111101 1101011101 11011101 11101011 11111011 1101011101 111001100 1111111110 110101011 11111101 11110111 11110101010 1001011000 100101011 11100010 111111101 11011111010 11100111 110011111 100111101 110111011 110110101 111101101 111100110 1101000100 11011101110 1000101010 111000110 11111111 1101010010 11011100010 0111011010 11011111010 111011100 1101011101 111101110 1111111100 1101111110 11000111110 110111111 1110111111 111010111 111110111 11110101 11111101 100111110 1101111100 11111111 11111101 111111110 111011010 11011111 11001111 1101111110 11001110 01011011010 1110011110 110111011 1101011101 11011111010 1101101000 110101111 1010011111 1111111010 11111101 111111110 11011111 1101110011 101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; af, det, i, nogle, du, fra, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ye, dder, re, nner, ret, nder, de, ber, der, ger, den, mme, nge are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ger at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Freidigt Sommer-Liv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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