This is an analysis of the poem Fuld Af Hede Sommerdrømme that begins with:

Fuld af hede Sommerdrømme
Natten laae paa Skov og Eng,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX bXXc XXXX XXXX Xcbc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1011111 1110101 111011 101111 111011 101111 101101 1110111 1011101 11101110 1010111 1110010 1110001 1110110 111111 1110010 1111101 11111110 1011100 101111 11111 1110110 011100 111111 101111 11111010 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; han is repeated.

    The author used the same word han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase han connects the lines.

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  • summary of Fuld Af Hede Sommerdrømme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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