Her Midt Blandt Dine Huus-Spioner by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Her Midt Blandt Dine Huus-Spioner that begins with:

Her midt blandt dine Huus-Spioner,
Der øve Hundens skarpe Sands,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 111011 1011110 1111100 1101111 1101111 11101101 1110111 1111110 1111101 111001100 1111101 11010110 1111101 110111010 111111 11111110 11011101 110001000 111111 1101111 00110111 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; jeg, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg 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 Her Midt Blandt Dine Huus-Spioner;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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