This is an analysis of the poem Prolog [atter En Vinter Er Svunden] that begins with:

Atter en Vinter er svunden,
paany er Sommeren nær,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX bcdc XXXX XXdX XXXX XeXe XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010 1001001 1011010 101101 111111 1011001 110101 11011 1001010 11011101 101011 101111 1001110 1111 11011 10101 101101 111001 1111110 1101011 11110110 101101 101101101 1011111 11111111 110101 110111111 1101101 10110010 1001001 1011010 101101 11111101 1111001 100111101 1011101 110110010 11011011 1111110 111111 1111101 1011101 110110010 1111011 111011000 101010101 1101001110 110111100 1001011110 1111111111 1111111000 1101110100 110001100010 11011111 11000011000 1100010110 1101111111 100111110 111111011 1111110110 1010011010 1111111100 10111101110 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; er, i, og are repeated.

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  • summary of Prolog [atter En Vinter Er Svunden];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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