This is an analysis of the poem Island that begins with:
Island! hellige Øe! Ihukommelsens vældigste Tempel!
Hen til din fiernede Kyst vifte Gud Bragi min Sang....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110000110 111101111011 10111110011010 11111011001 111011000101 0111010101101 111011001111001 10110111011011 11101111011011 10010011011011 100101100111010 101101100111 101101110001010 1111001010101 11101101111101 1111111101 10111100101 10111011111001 101100100101 110101101 11011111111101 11111100111 111001111111101 10101111101 11110011001010 11100110111 11101110111 111011011001 11100111000101 111111011001 1111011110010 1111011011111 1100110011011 1111111110011 11000111111011 110011110110 111111111110 110101111101 10110101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2113
- Average number of words per stanza: 380
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; og, i, med, sin are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Island;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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