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

Du aldrig vil elske? Til Stella jeg taled,
en Morgen i Vaar, da jeg hos hende sad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXX XaXXbXXb XXXXXXXX XaXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110110 1101111111 1101101110 1101101101 11011011001 110110010110 1110101110 11111 01011110110 1101101111 1101110010 110111101 0101111001 11011111 111101111 1101 01011110110 1101101101 1101110110 1111011 10010010011 11011010100 11111110010 1101 01011110110 1101101111 111100110100 110101001 011101101 1101011111 1100110101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

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