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

Nattens blege Gienfærd lyste,
Stormen dreied Kirkespiret....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1011000 101111 11101000 101101 111110 101100 101011 1111110 101111 11111010 11111 10111010 1110111 1011110 101100 101111 11011 11111 11011 1111100 1101101 10010 101111 1011101 1110111 1100101 101011 111111 10111100 110111 1111010 101011 1111111 101011 11001010 111011 101111 101100 1010010 111111 111111 101111 101110 111101 111111 111101 111011 1010111 111111 11111 1011101 1111000 1011110 1111000 11101100 1111110 101111 1110110 11111 1011110 1110111 1010110 101100 101111 111010 1111110 11111 1111110 111001 1111110 1011100 111111 101111110 11111 1011100 1010110 01111111 1110110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; jeg, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words nattens, emma 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 Violsamleren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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