This is an analysis of the poem De Forelskede that begins with:

I Sommeraftnens milde
Og svalende Ro...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXXX cXcXXXXd XXXXXXeX XXXXXfXX XXXXXfgX XXXXXXaX XfdfXXXe fhfhXXXf XdXXfifi XXcXXXXX XXXfXXXg XfXfXXXX XXXXXXeX XXXXbhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 1101 1111 01000 111101 100111 11011 10011 1111010 110100 110110 11111 11110 11101 1101110 11010 11010 1111 11101 111100 1101010 110111 1101010 1101 110001 110111 110111 110110 11010 111101 110111 101101 11001 11101 111101000 11011 110111 110111 11111 111100 11101 111101 110111 1101 11111 110111 110111 11110 100011 11101 11011 11111 11111 111111 1110100 11101 111101 111101 11011 11111 11011 11111 110110 11101 111101 11011 111111 111101 11111 11011 101111 1111111 1111010 11100 111110 11001 111100 11010 1111000 110111 1101110 111111 11110 11001 1100110 110110 111010 111101 111111 110001 110111 110111 1101100 11001 1101110 11101 10110 11101 11111 110101 11111 1111 111101 1111111 110111 1111 111111 111110 111111 111011 11111000 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, det, hun, jeg are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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