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

Solen straalede heed fra Himmelens Midte til Landlyst,
Medens min Elskede sad og strikked' i Vindvet; jeg selv sad...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXX aXbX XXcXXbXXXX XXXcXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXcdXXXXXX XXXXXeX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXffaeXbbXXXXXdX XX XXXX XXX XbXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXaXXXcXXXXXXXXXccXXX XXdfdX cXXXXbXXXX XXXXXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,10,35,7,28,2,4,3,15,29,6,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111001110 101101110110111 111111111010110 10101101011010 101011110010110 1110111111010 11111011010100 10011101101110 101011111110 1011111111011110 11101111111100 1111111110111 1111011111101 10111111111110 11110101111110 1110100111110 111001111110111 101111011101110 10101101110010 101110101110 10110110101101 1011011001101111 110111110010 11101111001010 111110111110010 1111010010010 10111111101 1111001101101 11011101110010 1110101100010 101101111110110 101111111001 1111101001 11001010110111 101110111110 1010101011011 111001111111 101111101111010 100100101101110 1110001110101110 1011110010011100 1010111001110 10101110101100 1111011001011 10010111111010 100101111011001 101101011011001 101101101110100 111011011011110 101010111011111 1110011100001 110011110010 1011111010010 100011011001 11110111001010 1001011111101010 1011101110101 1111111011 100111111111 101111111011 100111110001 111001011110110 1010100101111010 11110111011100 0110001111011100 1111001010010 011101010011010 111101111101110 11101011101110 111101011011010 100101010110011 111111011110110 11111011111001 1011111110110 100111111110010 11111010101010 10110011011111 1000101011110 1011001100110 11101111110101 101111111100 1011010110110 11110011111011 1110111101011 11001111110110 11001001110010 0111110001111001 101111111111110 1001111111110 10100010100111111 1010001100111100 1110011111010 11101111001011 1111111011001 1110111111010010 11111110111001 101111111011100 11100101110110 11110110110110 11101101101110 111101110001010 10101001111111 1111110011110 101011110111111 101100011110110 10110111110100 1110101000110 1011111111111110 1011011111100010 1010110011001110 110011111011011 11101100111 1101110111110 1011011111110 11110111110010 11011110010110 100101101110010 1000101101000111 1101000111110 10111111011110 11010101011010 1100110011010 1111111111010 10001010111110 11111111001110 1101111010110 111011010111011 1111110110001 110101111001 10110101001110 11111111011110 10111111101100 11110110110110 1110011111010 111001001111010 1101011111 1001011111001 11110101110010 101110101001010 1100111100110 11110110110010 10111111110010110 111111111110111 1110101110111111 111011111010 10110111110010 1001111011110111 1111111110110110 11111001110111 1011101111111100 11000110111110 1111101010111 1110111110110 1110110110010 10110111110110 0111101110001101 11101110010110 111001111101110 1111110111010110 11111101101010 10101111110110 11100101111101 10001110110011 111110001110111 111101011111100 1011011001110100 111111011110110 1111111111010 101011111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 169
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, den, gaas, og, af, r, du, med, saa, d, som, jeg, om, v, en, det are repeated.

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

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

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