This is an analysis of the poem Til En Ung Sømand that begins with:
Fra grønne Bakker — svulmende paa Øen
Som ude paa det Dybe Havets Bølge -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXb aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 11111101 111110001 11110010 0101110100 1101010111 11111001 1101010111 11011111 11110101110 111111000 110010111 1011111111 101010010 1011110110 111100111 1110011010 111000110 1111001111 11111101010 1110101110 111101100 10110101000 10110101110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; til, farvel are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, farvel are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lge is repeated).
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- summary of Til En Ung Sømand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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