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

Saadan en sivende, regngraa Dag
er som det hidsige Aandedrag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 01110100 100101 101100100 1011001 1010001 1011111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en is repeated.

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

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