This is an analysis of the poem Sommerfuglen that begins with:

Tidt saae man, Sommerfuglen
Af mangen fræk Krabat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXXXXa XXbXXcXc dXXXXXXX XXXefXXX XXXdXXXX XXXaXXXX XaXXXXXX XXXfXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXbX XXXXXXXX XXeXXXXb fXXXXXXd XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 110110 1101010 111111 1111010 101011 1101100 110101 101110 010011 110010 111101 110110 11010 111110 110101 1111000 110101 1111110 11101 111111 11101 111101 11111 11011111 11011 110111 111111 111111 1111 101110 11111 011100 100111 100110 111101 111010 11111 11011 111001 11111 11011 110111 111101 111111 110101 1111 11100 1100110 111111 1111100 111101 11110 11111 11111 111101 111011 110111 11011 111111 1101110 100101 10110 110110 1001010 11111 1111110 110110 1111110 111001 111110 111111 111110 110100 1111 11101 111111 11101 111111 11101 110111 111110 1111 111001 1101110 110111 111101 11111 110011 111111 111101 11101 1011101 11111 111011 110111 10111 11011 101111 11100 111010 11111 101110 111011 11111 111001 110111 100100 1111100 11111 1111100 111001 1101110 110111 1101110 110111 101100 101110 1111110 110101 111110 11110 1111110 11100 1111000 110111 1110100 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, det, den, er, saa, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, naar, for, selv, saa are repeated.

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  • summary of Sommerfuglen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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