This is an analysis of the poem Den Visnede Maiblomst that begins with:

Jeg spired frem til moden Duft;
Men langsomt i den kolde Luft...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXXX XXXccXde XXeXXXXX XXcXXXXc XedXXccX aaXbXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1101111 11101 1110011 11011101 1111011 1110111 1111111 100111 1101011 110111 11111111 1101111 01111 11111001 11111 11110111 1111011 11011 111111 1110111 1101001 1111001 111100 1111111 111111 111111 1111111 11110001 1111011 111111 0111 11111000 1101111 1110 111111 110110101 1001101 111101 110111 1111011 111101 11111 11100101 111101101 11001101 1101111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, d, mig, til, hun, og, den are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).

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  • summary of Den Visnede Maiblomst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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