Foraarsregn by Holger Drachmann: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Foraarsregn that begins with:

Det klinger som fra fine Instrumenter,
og bøjer du det grønne Blad til Side,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaXXX XaXXbXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111000 11011111 1101010101 111101000 110011011 1111101101 111111110 110111111 1101011100 110111111 11011011 11101011110 11000101010 1110111010 1111110111 110011110 1111010111 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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

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

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