This is an analysis of the poem Østerlide that begins with:
Østerlide! Østerlide!
Det var vore Drømmes Land....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaXa XbXXXX cXXacX DbXbDb XXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010 11111 1111101 1111101 1010 1110111 100100 1111111 1111100 111100 100100 011001 101101 1111101 1001101 1110001 101101 1010101 10101010 100011 1011100 111001 10101010 101101 100100 1011101 1110110 111011 100100 100100 10001000 1111110 111100 100110 10001000 111111 1010 1011111 1110011 1110101 1010 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word naar is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Østerlide;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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