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

Natten er kjølig og Vindene feje
Lummervarmen sagte fra Træer og Krat;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb XXcXXcXc XXXXdXdX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 100011111 1011101 101011111 100011110 10100111 10111101 1111101 1101001100 101011111 1011011010 10101111111 10001010 1011011010 111001010 1110010 111101011 111111101 1011010011 11011001 111111101 10111111 11101101 1010001 1111011010 1001011011 1110110010 10111111 1011101111 11011110 11110101 10110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; den is repeated.

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

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