Sang by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

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

I
To grønne Øer sig mod Syden runde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcXXXX XXXXXXdad XXXXXXXXb XXXXXXbXX aaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011101 100111011 111111011 11010011 1111101 1111101011 111010111 111011000 1 110111110 1111000110 1101110011 11100111 110101011 111111101 1001011110 1101110111 1 111111111 110111101 110001111 1101110101 11011100110 1111110111 111111110 110001111 1 111111110 111110111 1001111010 1101011111 111111010 1111011111 1110111110 110111100 1 1101010111 1111110 1101011001 11001111 1101110111 110111111 11001111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, tak are repeated.

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

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