This is an analysis of the poem Foraar Om Vinteren that begins with:

Hvad! kan jeg troe hvad jeg seer? Igaar omfygede Sneen,
Og nu straaler idag varm den oplivende Sol,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXabXXXXXXcbcXcXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXXabXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111101001 111010111001 10100110011110 0110011011001 1110011111011 100011101101 10101011111101 111001111010 1110100111010 10110011110011 111011110101 1110101001011 100111100111110 11011111001 11001101100101 11111101111 1011110111111010 101101111011 11001101010 1011110111 101010010010110 1011011010111 11101010011110 11101110011 1011011101110 101101111101 10111011011001 10110011111001 10011011101 1000111011011 1011011110110110 110011101001 10010111101010 1011011111101 110101101111 111001101111 101111110111110 1011011111111 11101111111 11101101111 110110101010 11100111101 111110110010 1110011111 111111101110 111111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2421
  • Average number of words per stanza: 460
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, det, og, af, jeg, nu, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word naar is repeated.

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  • summary of Foraar Om Vinteren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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