This is an analysis of the poem Our Language that begins with:

Thou, who sailest Norse mountain-air,
And Denmark's songs by the cradle singest,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXBCbDDE fcfcCCCCCE cfcfBCBDDE eXeXCCCCCE gXgdBCBDDEXgdgdCCCCCE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 1111101010 110010111 11011011010 110010 1101 011010 111110 01110 1101 100101101 11011001010 1110101101 110001111010 110110 1101 010010 010110 00110 1101 100100111 1111001110 1100110101 11011001010 110010 1101 011010 111110 01110 1101 10010011 10001011010 01101111 0111001110 110110 1101 010010 010110 00110 1101 100101001 11001001110 111101101 1111011010 110010 1101 011010 111110 01110 1101 10111111 11011001010 111100111 11011011010 110110 1101 010010 010110 00110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; our is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thou connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Our Language;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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