This is an analysis of the poem Aften Ved Ariccia that begins with:

Her, hvor Bjergets stærke Aand
Hæver Skovens gamle Stammer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXXbcbX XdXXXXXXeXXXXXXXfXXXXXaXXXXXX gXgXXXXXXeXXhXhXXXXX XddaaXXXcXXXcaXXXXX XbXbaXXXXXXXaXXafXaeeXXXXXXXXaXXXaXXXXaX XfXfXXeXXXXXfXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,29,20,19,40,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011 110110 11100010 111101 0110101 1101100 111011 111110 10111 1000101 111101 1110111 10101011 101010011 101111 110011101 11110111 101110110 1110110 111101 1011110 101111 10101110 101100 111100 1011111 1011101 1011111 1111111 111011 1010011 111100 101011 1011 111110 110110 11101110 1110100 11101010 10111000 10101000 10111 1110 11111 100111 1011100 1011111 110011 1011100 1111110 1111101 11101110 111111 10111 1111111 10111 1111111 10011 101011 1010101 1110101 10101010 101111 111111 101010 11000110 110100 11111000 101111 10111110 111111 1011101 1010010 11111 1011110 101100 1010110 1010010 111010 111100 1110 1010011 11101000 1011 11101010 11101 1111000 1011101 1010111 1111000 111110 1111100 1110 1011 1011101 1111010 11101 1110010 111110 10111 1011 11011 1110101 1111 111100 1011110 1111000 1001111 110 10111010 10100110 11111010 1010111 10101010 11111010 1011101 1110010 11100 1010100010 111010 110011011 101101111 110111100 110111001 111110011 1101111010 1110011010 1110011 110100101 111101010 100111100 11101111 111111011 110111101 10111010 111111011 1110111110 1111011110 111111100 1100111110 111111101 1110111 011101110 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 700
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines len, k are repeated).

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

  • summary of Aften Ved Ariccia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Ludvig Bodtcher