This is an analysis of the poem Natur-Temperamenter that begins with:

Östens lange, blege Strimmel
breder ud sin hvide Fold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXXXaXcdXdXXXeXXXXX X fXgXXXaa XXXbXXXX XXXXhXXX XXXXXXbX c XfXgiiaXXXXXjXeXXXXXXXXkkeXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXXXXcX XjXXXallXX XXXXXXggXX XXXXXhXiXX ccXXXXlXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,1,8,8,8,8,1,35,1,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 101111 1011110 1001111 1000110 101111 1011010 101001 1111110 101101 10111110 10100010 101001 1110001 1010001 101101 111100 101010 101110 101111 1111101 111011 1000001 101001 1000 110011001 111111 10111001 10010110 1010011011 10111011 10100101 101101101 1010 1010 1101 1011 1011 1010 110101 111011 100101101 101110100 10101101 100111100 10100111 1011001011 11001111 101101001 1010 1010 111011 110101 101010 1011 11 1101 10 110 10101 110 10101 11111 111 111100111 1010 1100111 110111 111 10001 11111110 1110010 1010 1111101 10111001 11111 10110 110010110 11111 110101 1010 110101111 11 10010 11101100 11010101 111 1100 110101111 1111 1101 1101101111 1101111 100 1010110 101000 1011 10101 1011 1111 101 1100 1001010 11010 101000 101110 10100 11100 1111 10101 111 1101 111011 10111 1110 1011 10111 111010 1010 11101 111 1101 1010011 1011 1100 101110 1111 10101 10101 1101 11 1101 10101000 10100 11110 11110 10101 111010 11101 11111 111 1100 111101 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 147
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; med, ved are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, hvor, den, med, naar are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines vet, gt, ft, kke are repeated).

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  • summary of Natur-Temperamenter;
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  • history of its creation;
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