This is an analysis of the poem Sommerfugl Og Østers that begins with:

Hvad fik hin Østers Skallen til?
Og jeg, hvi fik jeg ingen?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111110 1111111 111010 11011100 1110010 1101111 1101100 1111100 1111 1101111 111111 1011101001 10101100 10110001 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; r, d are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sommerfugl Og Østers;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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