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

Tætved pløjer en Bonde sin Jord,
raaber sit Hyp monotont og kort,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXbb cXcX ccXX XXXX XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101110011 10101101 1101101101 10110101 01110100 100101 101100100 1011001 1010001 1111111 10111111 011111111 101111 10010111 10101101 11111111 1111101 11111110 11111011 1110001 110111 111111 11110011 1111111 111111111 111101101 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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