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

Det er et Vejr, et dejligt Foraarsvejr.
Jeg har dig kær, og hvis du har mig kær,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XaaX XaX XXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110100 1111110111 1111110111 111011110 1111111 111011011 11110 111111110 110110101 1011111111 1101010101 11100111 110110111 11110 1101110111 111010011 111100011 111110111 110110111 110111101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; r, jeg, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r is repeated).

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

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

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