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

Jeg vaagnede ved Nattergalens Slag.
Naturen rödmed, Natten var forsvunden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXa aXXX XbbX cXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110001 1001101100 1101111110 11111010 1101110111 110111011 10011010 11011010 11101111 11111011 1101011100 110101101 1111110011 11111011101 11011111 1111011 111111011 11111011 111110111 111111111 11111011 1111111111 11011010 110111100 1111111101 110111111 11111001 110101111 11111111 111111101 111111110 110101100 110111101 101111101 110101101 1110111 1111111111 11011111 110111110 1101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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