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

Der er Foraar i Luften;
Fuglene synge -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX XaaXbXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXcXXX XXdXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX bdXXXccXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 101 1110101101 10111110000 0110101100100 10101011 1101111101 10101110111 10110011001 1010110 1001 1111011101 11111111 1111010111 101011110111 11101111010 100111111 110011001 1010110 11011 1001111100 1001110111 10111011011 1101111101110 0110100110 110111110011 110011001 100110 111110 1101111110010 11111110111 1011110101000 1111111110 1100111110110 111011011110 1110011001 01100 10111 110111011 111110011010000 1110011111101 111111110 111111011000 11001111101 110011001 110110 1101 1111111111 1101001011000 11011111011001 1111111111 1111111001 0110101111 110011001 110110 11011 01100111111 111111101 11100011001 11001011111 11100100111 11011110110 11010011001 110011 11011 100010110000 110001011010 111111110011 1111101101010 11111111010 110101111110 1110011001 1010110 11110 111111110101 1011011 101100010111 011010011010 110001111100 101100101111 10110011001 11001 11011 11011111011 10010101001 1100111111 11011011010 01101011010 10100111110 10110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; er, det, man, vi, om, de, og, i, gamle are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words der, vor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nker, k, serne are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word paa at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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