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

Evald! naar dig jeg mindes, da mørknes mit Øye med Taarer,
Rosen med nagende Orm skranten paa Heden jeg seer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXbXXXXXcXcXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110111111110 1011011011011 101111111101 111011011 1011111100110110 101101111101 101101011010 11110011101011 1111111111101 1011010111101 1110011110100110 10010111101 1011001111010 101101111101 10011011111 1111111001011 11110111010110 111011101101 10111111011011 1011111111011 1011111011010 1001011101010 110111011111 1110011111001 111101010111 1111111111 111011111001100 111001110000 1011111010101 101011111001 1110111100101 11101111111 101101011101100 0110111100001 11110111011100 1110111011011 11100111001101 1110111111011 111011111111 1111011011011 1100011101010 110011101 1110111101010 100011101001 101111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 459
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, hvi, det, med, din, for, var are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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