This is an analysis of the poem Aftenskumring that begins with:
Mørket falder,
Anka! Anka!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbX XXaccXXXX X XXXXXXXd Xd XXXXXXd XXX XdXXd XXdXadXX XXbXX XbXXdXX XXdXX XXX XXXd da XXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,1,8,2,7,3,5,8,5,7,5,3,4,2,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1010 1110 1101 11011 101000 110 110111110 110 1011 111011 10010 101001 1001 110111 11000 111011 110 11111010010 1111101 10011110 11011110 1111111 110111001 10010 1111 1010 11011 111111111 1111 101101010 101011101010 1111 11010 110111 11010 111110 1111101101 0111110 011101001 11011011111 1111111101 111111101 11111111 10111111 10011111 11110101 11111101 11111101 1111 111 1010 11010 1011010 111110 11011 10111 1010 11011011 1101 1101111111 0111111 111111 1111011 11010 11111 1001 11111 11111111 101011010 111111 1111 010111 01101111 1111111 1101 11101 1111111 1001001 101101 1010 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; jeg, mig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words aar, er, de, gennem are repeated.
The author used the same word m 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 vaar, dag are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word mig at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Aftenskumring;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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