This is an analysis of the poem Johannes Den Døber that begins with:

Lad mine klare, kiølige Draaber
Svale den brændende Sommer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010 11110 111001010 101110 11011110 111101 11110011100 1111111101 101011111 11101111 11110111001 11011 1100111101 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i is repeated.

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  • summary of Johannes Den Døber;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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