Påskeklokken Kimed Mildt by Carl Ploug: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Påskeklokken Kimed Mildt that begins with:

Påskeklokken kimed mildt fra den danske kyst,
meldte over lande dog om så hård en dyst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011111 1101111111 101111111 111111110 10111111111 101111111 101111111 111111110 1111011100 101111111 101111111 111111110 10111111001 101111111 101111111 111111110 1010111111 1011111111 101111111 111111110 100110010111 11101110101 101111111 111111110 10011011001 11101110111 101111111 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • 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; r, er are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word igen 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 Påskeklokken Kimed Mildt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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