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

Det havde været en Regnvejrsdag
med Søl og dryppende Tage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX bXbXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 111101 10111101 1101111011 1101010 1100011 11110 1111101111 1011001 11011110 1101111 1101010 110101101 11110101 11000010 111011010 110011 1111011010 110111011 111101 11111101 11001100 1011101111 1110101 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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