This is an analysis of the poem Ouverture that begins with:
Det er hvidt herude:
Kyndelmisse slaar sin Knude...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 100111 100111 11001100 10111110 1101100 10110 111111 111110 10101110 10111010 1111101 10110 11101 1111 10101110 11100110 11111 101100 1110110 101100 10101110 1111110 1101111 10011 1011101 1010111 11011010 1111000 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hvidt, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word kom is repeated.
The author used the same word det 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 nges is repeated).
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- summary of Ouverture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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