This is an analysis of the poem Vaaren Og Dens Følge that begins with:

Vaaren er en Guddom.
Solen er hans Hjælper,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 10011 10110 1111 11111 01101 1111 100110 10101 111010 10010 1011 111110 11110 1111110 100110 101010 1101 11111 1011 10110 101110 10110 100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; f, lge are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vaaren is repeated.

    The author used the same word vaaren at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lge, den are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word guddom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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