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

Sneen dækker Mark og Mose,
Skoven staaer saa mørk og bruun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX XXXX XXXX XXXX cccc XXXd XXeX XXXX fcfX XXXX XXbX XcXc XXXX XgXX XXXX egeX XXXX dXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1011111 1111101 1110110 1011111 1010111 1111111 1111111 11010 111111 111100 101010 1000101 1001110 111111 111100 1011101 1110011 101001 1111101 1111010 110111 11111010 11111 1001100 1010101 1010110 111100 101111 110101 11101 1000101 1011101 111111 111101 111011 1110010 1011100 1110111 1110100 11001100 11101 10001110 111101 01101100 0110011 1111000 11111 1011 1011101 101111 110111 1110001 111111 1110111 10111 1001110 11111 1011110 111101 1011110 1011101 10111010 1101100 1110110 101011 110101 1010110 1010110 101111 11111 1010101 111110 110101 11111111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; t, og, jeg are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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