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

Alt Sommerland ligger mørkt og fladt,
mens tyst og alene to...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010111 111010 1111100100 1010111 110101111 1101110 01111110 1111011 01111110 11110 11111111 11111111 1101100011 11101 110101101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; min is repeated.

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

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

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