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

En Pindsedag, da Solens unge Straaler
Alfaders Smiil til Jorderige bare,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaaX XXX XXX XXXb bXXX XXX XXX cXdX cddX XXX XXX XXXX XXXX XXX XXX XXdX XdXX dXX XXX XXXX XdXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,4,4,3,3,4,4,3,3,4,4,3,3,4,4,3,3,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110110 100111001 11011101 110101000 1111110110 111111011 110110101 1101111010 11110111 1111011101 1101110100 11110111 11011111 11111111 11111101 1110011111 1001011111 11111101 1101110011 111010111 111101101 1101011001 111001111 110111101 11111011 111101111 111110100 10011111 10111001 11101011010 11010110 1101001100 101111 110111010 110111110 1101111101 110111001 1110110 1101111111 111111010 110011101 110101101 10110100 110110110 1101101110 11111011 1101001110 110110101 111001011 01111100 1101111100 010010111 1101110 111110011 111001111 11101011100 11010111110 111111100 1010100110110 111010100 11110111110 1101101010 1001111010 111111111010 11110111110 1110101 110111101 10111011100 1111011101 11011111 1010111110 1010111100 101011101 110111011 1101110101 111110010 1101110101 1111101110 10111011 110101101 11000111110 11111011 1101000111 11101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; og, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kun, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words deroppe, hvor 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 ver, der, rer are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words nket, le, mme, rer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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