This is an analysis of the poem I Mai 1861 that begins with:

Det er saa koldt, det er saa trist,
Og Vintren knap er omme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXa XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX baXaXXXX cXcXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011 110101 1001011 110011 1010101 1110 11111 10011 1001111 11110 11000111 1001100 11011 11110 11010111 11110 111111 1111 110111010 111101 11010101 1111010 11010111 11100 1101111 110111 1111111 110110 1111001 110100 1111011 110011 111011 1111110 11001100 1111110 11111111 10011 1111101 1111 1111011 010111 11110011 11111 11111 11101 11001111 1111 110110 111101 1101111 111111 110111 111111 111011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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, og are repeated.

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