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

Paa Danerstranden stod et Huus,
Der drak de dem en ærlig Ruus ,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX bbXXX XXXcX dXXXX XXXec bbXeX XXXXf XXXXX XeXXX XXXXX XXXcX dXXXX aaXeX dXXXX XXcec XXfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 1101111 11110 1111111 1111 111011 11000111 11110 11011101 11110 1111101 11011101 11101 11100100 111110 11111111 1101100 111110 111101 1101000 1110101 11010101 1101010 11010111 1111010 10001101 11010111 111101 11110111 11111 111110 1101100 11100 11010101 110101 111111110 1101110 111001 1110111 11100 1111100 11010011 1101110 1101010 1101110 1110111 01111100 1111010 1100001111 11011110 11110011 1111101 01111 11110100 11111 111111 11011001 110110 1110111 111101 1011101 11010100 11110 1111110 11110 11111101 10011101 110110 111101 1101110 11010101 1111111 1100110 11011101 101110 111111 11110010 11111 11011100 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words ak, da 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 r is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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