This is an analysis of the poem En Vise Om Vaaren that begins with:

Nu lakker det ad Tiden smaat,
Da Jomfru Vaar vil komme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXab XXXc XXdX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXdX eXeX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX fXfX aXaX XXfcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110111 11111111 010101 111 1101 1101111 10111110 1100100 11111111 11110 11111 01001 1101101 11111 11011100 110111 111101 11111 11011100 11011 111101 0110 11110111 11111 11011 110010 11011110 100110 11111011 111010 1111111 101110 11011101 110111 1101010 11111100 1111101 1101110 11010100 1011 11011101 101111 1101101 10011 1100011 11111 11011111 110110 111010 011000 11111111 11110 1111111 1101011 1111101 110101 11000111 11011 10010111 101010 1101111 11110 1111100 1111 1001101 1001 111 1101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, der, og are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nt is repeated).

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  • summary of En Vise Om Vaaren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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