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

Sid stille hos din røde Ko,
Og bliv kun ikke bange;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXc XddXeXXc fXfXXXXX XXXXXXXX XfXXXXXX fXfXeXeX XgXgXXXX gXXdXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11111 11110110 11101 111111 100110 11110101 1111010 11011100 110111 111111 110110 1011111 1110110 11111100 111110 1111101 111101 1101111 110111 1111111 11011 1011111 1111 111011 1111100 10101111 1111100 11111101 11011 1101101 110111 10111011 11111 1101111 11111 11100111 110011 11010111 101111 1011111 11111 1101111 111110 11111101 101101 111110 111100 11011001 110110 11011111 111110 1111110 111010 1111111 1111110 11110111 111111 11000111 11111 11011111 110110 1111101 1011110 11011111 111010 11011101 1111010 11111101 1111110 11011101 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, dt, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word nu 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 Aftenmøde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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