This is an analysis of the poem Himmel-Lysene that begins with:
Jeg skued Stella, hun var saa mild,
som Stiernen klart hendes Öie straalte....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXa XXXXbbXccX XXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 11011011 1111101 10011111 1101110011 1111011111 110111101 1111110100 111110100 100111001 1110100 11011011 1111111 1100111111 111011111 11111111 101011111 1111011011 11111111 1111111 111101111 11011011 110010111 110110100 110111011 1101101011 11110100 0111101 1101111 1101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; for, saa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.
The author used the same word jeg 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 ved is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Himmel-Lysene;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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