This is an analysis of the poem Sct. Hansvers that begins with:

Der dufter Urt, der dufter Muld!
af Varmedunst og Vædedis staar Natteluften fuld,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbXXaX cXdbbXXXX cXXeecXdX XdXXX XXXXX XXXXX XdXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXd ddXd XXXX dXXX XdXd EaXXaXXa EaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,5,5,5,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1100110110001 111101011 1101 1101 1111100 110110 11101 11 11111111 101110111100 110111110 1101 1101 11011111 111111 111110 110111 1111111 1101111000100 1101111010 111 111 1101111 11011 1100010 111101 11011 01110 11001 01010 11111001000 1111 1111 10110 111101 1101111101 111110 1111 101 1011111 11111111110 10111 10110 1101 1100 1111111110 11110 11111 101110 111 1111111110 1110111 11111010 1010001 1111110 101011 1110010 1011010 1010110 10111010 11100010 1101110 1010110 10100110 1111000 11101010 11111000 11111010 10101010 11111110 110110 10101000 11111010 101110 1011110 1111 1110101011 11111111 11011101 1101101101 11011 11111 11101011 1111 111101101 11111111 101001101001 11011111 1111 11010 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; fra, det, sig, bag, ler, i, de, hvor, lger are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nu, det, bag, i, hvem, hvor, kom, jeg are repeated.

    The author used the same word kom 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 sig is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases brygger, glider, nynner connect the lines.

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

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