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

Underlige Aftenlufte!
Hvorhen vinker I min Hu?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXX cbcXbXXb XXXXXbXX XXcbXXXX XXdXXXXX XeXXXXXX XbXdXfXX XXXXXbXX dfdfeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 1010111 11100 110111 1110101 1111110 1111101 1111111 111101 10101 1110111 1110100 111101 110111 1111101 11111011 10111110 0111101 1110110 100011 1011101 011011 101111 101011 1111101 111101 11111 10111111 1010101 101010 1110110 10111110 1101010 1111101 101110 101111 1011101 111011 11101100 1100110 111010 1010111 11111010 111100 011011 10111111 1110111 1111101 101111 101011 11111 1110110 10011 111010 111111 1100111 10111110 1110001 1010010 1001111 1010100 111111 1010110 1110111 10101110 111111 10011010 11101101 1001111 101011 111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; min, moder are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Hiemvee;
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  • history of its creation;
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