This is an analysis of the poem Til Vinterveiret [skarpe Slud! Hvis Kast Og Blæsen] that begins with:

Skarpe Slud! hvis Kast og Blæsen
Fyger, hvirvler Sneens Iis;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXaa XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXa XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XcXcXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101011 101101 1010111 111111 101110 11110 1111000 10111 1111101 101011 1010111 1010001 1111101 10100010 11100010 1011101 11111 10001011 111111 111111 110111 111101 1010110 1111111 10111 1110101 111011 100111 111011 1111110 11111100 101011 111101 11111 1010100 1111110 1011100 1011101 1111101 10001110 10111 1001110 1111101 111110 1000100 10111010 11100110 10111100 1000111 1111110 111011 011110 101111 1011100 1010111 1010111 111011 111001 101111 1111 1010101 1101010 1010010 111101 1110001 1111101 1110111 1110101 111100 111011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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; det, en, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rdig is repeated).

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  • summary of Til Vinterveiret [skarpe Slud! Hvis Kast Og Blæsen];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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