This is an analysis of the poem See, Nu Er Her Svalt Og Stille that begins with:

See, nu er her svalt og stille
Over Sø, i Skov, paa Vang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXcc abXX XXcX Xbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1011111 1011111 111100 1111111 1110101 1010101 1011101 111011 1011110 1111101 111111 10111100 101101 11101010 1111101 1110101 1110011 111101 10010 11110 101111 111101 11111 1111111 0111111 1011111 111100 1000111 101111 1110111 101111 1010101 011101 1010101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; med, du are repeated.

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

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  • summary of See, Nu Er Her Svalt Og Stille;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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