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

Nu tager den Bonde Bælgvanter paa
ryber i Faareskindstrøje,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXX aXXaX XXXXX XbXbb bXbbX XXXXX cXccX XXXXX XdXXd XXXXX XXXaX XdXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 101100 11010111 1110011 111011 1001101 110011 1101101101 11111111 0101101 1101111101 100110110 11010111 1101111101 110111 1101111 1101011 11111111 11010111 110101 110111111 1001101 111110011 11110100 110111 1101101101 11011010 11111111 1111111 11011110 1101101101 1111011 111101101 1100111101 11111001 111101101 11111110 1111110 110010111 11010110 110101101 11110110 110101111 111101111 11001010 1101101001 11101010 100110111 1001111111 1111010 110010110 1011101 1101101100 111111111 111111 11011101 110110010 11011111 11111111 11010010 11010111 11001010 10111100 1101100100 1111100 1110111 1111100 110101111 1101011 1111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, hans, han are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg 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 d is repeated).

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

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