This is an analysis of the poem Til Vaar that begins with:

Den Vinter var saa barsk og haard,
Den Vinter vil vi glemme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XXbXXaXX cdccXXXXXd XXXaXXaaXXX XXdXXXXbXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,10,11,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 110111 11011100 111101 111111 11011111001 11101101 111111011 1101111111 111111101 1101 1111 110111011 11110111 110101 11011001 111111 111010 111101111 0111011010 1010 1111 101011 011110100 111101 111111111 11111111 1111101 1111101 11011111 1101111011 1111 1111 1011101 1011011 111101 1101001 11001101 1111001 10110101 001101101 11011011 111110111 111111101 1101 11011 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, en, hvor are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Vaar;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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