This is an analysis of the poem Idyl that begins with:
Her, under Egenes Lye, hvor Vinden vifter saa kiöligt,
ville vi sætte os ned om det simple, landlige Træbord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XX XX XXX Xb Xb XX XXX XX XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,1,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100111010110 111111110101 1101101111 10101101101100 1110111010101 11110111101110 100101110011 111101111011111 100101110010110 11110101101 101111011011110 111111110111110 1111000111010 111010110110000 110011110111 1111111110010 111110010011010 100100110010 111111110110000 10110111010010 110010011001 11001011001110 100100010111000 10101001010000 1100100100110100 11101111111010 011101111110110 111101101101 1111011111111 11111111110100 10011001110 1110111111110 11110111100110 1111110100010 1010110111110 111001111100 11101011110111 1110100111011 10111101111110 101011111001 10111111111010 101110 1111110 11011111 110 111111111 1 111111110 110110100 111110 11111111 1101111 111101 10 110110100 100110 011010111 10111111 1 1111111 11100 01011111 10000111 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; et, vort, i, og, de, saa, en are repeated.
The author used the same word en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Idyl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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