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

Man siger, Piilen, hvormed Elskov saarer
Til uophørlig Brand af Qval og Lyst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXa XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,12,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101010 11011111 1100011001010 111011110 11110111001 110101110 1111001 10111011 11011110 11110011 110011000 11111110 110111011 1101101011 110100111 11100011 111011101 1101101100 10111101 10011001 1101111 11010100 1100010111 111100101 1111000110 11101001 11110100110 1101111111 1101111110 110111110 11100101011 1111011101 11011111 111111100 1101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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