Til Min Læser by Adam Oehlenschläger: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Til Min Læser that begins with:

Du hørte Ynglingen at lalle Toner
Knap sluppen ud af Barnets Ledebaand;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX aXXXaXaX XXXbXbXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001110 1101110100 1001010100 11011111 011110010 10111101 111110110 110101011 11011111010 1001101101 1111101110 111110101 1101111110 110111101 110100010 1101011101 111110010 110100111 0110110 11111111 10001111010 11110100 11000111010 11010111010 1101011111 110111000 1010011 1111010101 111110011 111011011 1111111010 111001100 1111110010 111101001 111110110 11111111 111100111 1101010111 1111000010 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gtet is repeated).

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  • summary of Til Min Læser;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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