This is an analysis of the poem Skattegraveren that begins with:
Mens Vintersneen fyger
saa gnistrende og hvid,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXbXcdXX bcXXbXbX XXbXXXXX XXaXXXXX bXXXXXXc aXaXbXXX XcXXXXXc XbXbXXXX XXXXbbXX XXXXXXXX XdXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 110010 11011 1101010 110110 110110 11100 011100 11110 11110 11011 111110 11100 1100110 10111 111110 1100010 1111010 11111 1111010 1001100 1001110 101001 111110 110100 111110 110111 110110 101111 1101110 11011 111100 110101 101110 101111 111111 11011 1111 110111 101110 1111110 1101110 111111 00110000 110111 110110 110110 110111 11011 110111 110110 1111 10010 1101110 110001 010110 11100 1111000 11101 1101000 11100 111110 11111 1011010 11011 01111 1110 10111 111100 1111 111101 111001 11011 101111 11101 010101 1111110 110110 111000 111010 0101110 111100 10111 11111 111110 100111 1100100 1111 0110 1111110 11011 110010 11111 11111 110111 011101 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 96
- 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:
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, jeg, d are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, saa, jeg are repeated.
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- summary of Skattegraveren;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Adam Oehlenschläger
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- Analysis of Morgen-Vandring
