This is an analysis of the poem Vennernes Ankomst that begins with:

Søen strammer ud sit Klæde,
Himlen farver Søen blaa;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXX XXXXXaXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXaXXX XbbXXaXXX cXXXcaXXX XXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 101011 1111 111101 1010001 111101 101110 111111 111100 10111010 111011 1010111 1010110 11111010 111101 1111001 1011101 111100 101011 1010101 101111 111111111 1111110 11010111 1011011 11111 111100 1111111 111111 111011 100101 110011 110111 111101 1111111 111100 111010 1011101 101111 1100110 1010101 1011101 111101 111111 100100 1100110 101111 111101 1111110 11101010 11111 1111111 111111 111100 1011101 1100110 111 111 1111101 1110100 101111 1100101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; de, plage are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, lger, mme are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sommerdag at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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