I Skumringen by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Skumringen that begins with:

Gaaer jeg ved din Side gjennem Skoven,
Sidder jeg hos Dig paa Strand ved Voven,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX Xaa XXX XXX XXX XXX bbX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 1011111110 111111100 10111111 1111011 111011 11111000 1011111010 111111001100 111010111 11100111111 111010101 1001111010 111101110 1100101101 101101110 1111111011 11111101 1110011010 100111000 1011111110 101110111 10101101 1011111011 1011101010 1011111010 111011110 1011111010 1111011110 111111000 111011111 1110111 111010111 111011111 01101111 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme, de are repeated).

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  • summary of I Skumringen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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