This is an analysis of the poem Taksigelse For En Julegave that begins with:

Gaaer jeg i Skov ved Vaarens Tid,
Og Dagen ret er luun og blid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XaXXXX XaXXXX bXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXbX XXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11010111 11111 11111111 1101101 110101 1111101 11111111 101010 1111111 111111 111110 1111100 1101111 11101 1111101 11111010 110110 11011110 1111011 11111 111110 11010001 11111 111111111 11010011 1101110 1111111 1111111 111100 1101111 11111100 11110 1111011 11111 100110 11010111 11010101 111111 11111 11100111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og, den, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Taksigelse For En Julegave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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