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

Stedmorsblomster ved Tusmørketid,
en gul, en blaa, en hvid....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001100 111111 1101101001 01111101 110101100 11111101 10001100 11111111 110100111 11111111111 101111101 1111010110 11110111 11001100 111110101 1101110 11111001 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, en, den are repeated.

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

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

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

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