This is an analysis of the poem Den 6te Juli that begins with:

Det var en Sommermorgen;
Før Solen stod i Øst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX XXbXX XXcXX XXXXX XXXXX XXbXX ddaaXeXeeX XXccccXcXX bXXXbXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 110111 1101111 111101 101101 1100010 110011 111111 111100 101101 1001110 111101 0111101 101110 101101 011110 110001 0111101 110100 101101 11111 111101 1111111 111111 101101 1111 11101 111111 110101 10110100 1111111 1111111 1101111 1111 10011111 111110 10111 0101110 100011101010 1111111 10111100 11011111 111011 11101 10111101101 0111 011011 111101 111111101 11110110 10001111 1011100 101001 111011 110111111 111011 111001 11011 101111101 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; de, du, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word tak 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 dte is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word vige at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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