This is an analysis of the poem Naar Solens Blik Kun Sparsomt Bryder that begins with:

Naar Solens Blik kun sparsomt bryder
Bag Skyen frem i gule Høst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa bXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX cXcX XdXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 111111 1101110 110110 1101011 01101100 11110100 011111 1101011 11010110 111101 11011100 11111101 100111 110111 1111111 11010110 111110 111101010 1001101 11010111 11010111 111111 0111100 111101110 11010111 101110 1111001 1111110 111101 11101000 1100011 1110100 11100101 110111010 1101100 100111110 111111 111111010 11000111 1111111 11111101 111111 1101111 0011110111 0011111101 01111100 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, hans, om, i, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, om, du are repeated.

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  • summary of Naar Solens Blik Kun Sparsomt Bryder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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