This is an analysis of the poem Skjøn Er Vaaren! Lifligt Solen that begins with:

Skjøn er Vaaren! Lifligt Solen
Farver Bøgens lyse Top;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb XXcXcXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 10111 1010110 111111 101110 101011 111100 1010011 10101110 1011100 11100110 11111 101010010 1011111 1011010 1010100 1111110 1010101 101011 1011101 1101011 1111101 1110001 10011 10101110 100011 10111110 1110101 11101110 11111 111111100 1000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Skjøn Er Vaaren! Lifligt Solen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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