I Sommernatten by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund: poem analysis

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

Ved Vindvet Poplen sukker
i Sommernattens Vind;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XbXX XXaX XcXX XbXX XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101010 110001 1101110 1111 11111 101111 1111 11011111 1101010 110111 110110 11111 110001 111101 110111 11101 110111 1111 101111 11011 11101 11111 110111 111101 111111 11111 101111 111110 1011 110101 11101 11011 111101 11111 111100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; nge, som, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, hvor, det are repeated.

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

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