This is an analysis of the poem Sommerens Tale that begins with:
Glæd dig! Glæd dig! Tiden kommer,
Da fra Vintrens dunkle Vraa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXcXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXdd XXXXXXcX XXXXeeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111010 1110101 1111100 1011110 101 1101100 11111110 1111010 1111111 1010100 111111 1011001 111 10111111 1110111 101000 11101010 110100 1011101 1111010 11 110111 11111 101100 1111 1110001 1110111 1110111 110 10111111 101011 111111 111010 11011 11111 1011111 101 101111 111110 1111101 010111 1001101 1110101 1010111 11111 10101 0011101 1011101 1110111 111101 1111101 1111011 11 111111 1111110 1111110 1011111 111100 101111 101110 111 11111111 11101110 1111111 11101000 111101 1110110 1100110 111 111 11101000 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i, de, en are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kom, denne, til are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).
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- summary of Sommerens Tale;
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- idea of the verse;
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More information about poems by Emil Aarestrup
- Analysis of Sommerfugle Jeg Elsker At Fange Et Eneste Misgreb
- Analysis of Sonetten
- Analysis of Sonnet [mørk Over Mig Sig Sorte Graner Bued]
