This is an analysis of the poem I En Solskinskrog that begins with:

Bestraalet af den milde Foraarssol,
jeg sidder her imellem Husdyrflokken,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XbXb cXcX XXca XXXX XdXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111100 11001001000 1101110100 1111111000 111111101 11110001110 110001110 1101011100 11110111 101100101 11110111 111110111 101111011 111011100 111111001 1111011100 1101111101 110110111 1111000010 111110110 01101111 10111110 11010011111 1101110000 1111011 11000101110 100101111 11010111010 1110011111 100110100 1101101111 1111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of I En Solskinskrog;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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