This is an analysis of the poem Hvorledes Man Kan Narre Et Æsel that begins with:

Omdanset af de lette Myg,
en solvarm Sommerdag...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaa bXbX XXXa XcXc XXXb XXXX XdXd bXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011 110100 1101111 110111 1111101 10111 111111111 111111 11111001 110110 11011101 11111 111111 111110 111111 11111 1111011 111101 1101110 101101 1110111 11011 1101011 11101 1111101 111101 1101011 111111 1111111 111110 111010 11110 11111111 110111 111111 11111 1111111 110111 1111110 11111 11101011 11101 1111111 111111 111111 111100 1101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; det is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hvorledes Man Kan Narre Et Æsel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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