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

Hvor Stormen vældig tuder,
Hist, høit paa Fieldet brat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXX XXXXXXbc XXXXXXXX bXXcXXXX bXbXXXXX XdXdbXXX XXcdXXXX XdccXXXX XXXXXXbX bcXXXaXX XaXXXXbX XXXXXXXX bXXXXXXX XXXXXbXX XXXXbXXX XXbXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 111101 1100100 11111 01101 111101 110101 11001 01100 111 0111 11110 111110 11111 1001010 10011 111101 110111 11111 110101 110111 101111 11111 111111 110110 11111 110110 11111 111101 11100 11011 11111 1101110 110111 1101010 11100 110111 110111 110111 110111 110111 110111 11001 110111 10011100 11111 11110 111101 1101010 110110 111101 11111 101101 110101 110011 11101 110110 100011 10011 110101 100110 11100 111111 111111 11111 11111 11111 100100 1100010 110111 111110 11100 111110 110111 111000 11011 111110 11101 110010 1110 11111 11101 111111 100110 1111010 111001 1110110 111111 111111 110111 101101 11010 1001010 110101 1111010 111100 1101110 1111 1100010 11010 110101 110101 1110 110111 1101010 11100 1101010 110100 110101 1101010 11110 11101 11111 110101 111101 11111 1111010 1101 1100100 110111 1101100 110110 1101010 10111 1100110 10110 11110010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, gt, i, der, r are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word naar 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 Ridderspøgelset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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