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

Formiddagssol i November,
Sølvspind af svindende Taage mod Blaaet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX XXXX XcXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXca XXXX baXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010 1110111 111111110 01101100 1101011 1101111011 1011011011 1011011 10010100 1011011011 100101111 111101 11111110 10111011000 100111101 10101000 10101100 11010110 11110110 11110110 110100101 1110100101 110111101 1111110 100101111 111011111 1011011101 1111100 101101111 10111001 100101100 101101 101110101 100011100 1111011101 101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, af, hendes are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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