This is an analysis of the poem O! Var Jeg! that begins with:
O! var jeg Kammen i dit Haar!
Med disse Lokker, gyldne, rene,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXA XXXXXX XXXbbX ccXXXc cXXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 1110101 111100 11011001 1110010 11110111 11110111 1111101 11111100 1110111 011111 11110111 11110111 1111111 11011001 111111 111111 11110111 1111111 11010111 11011100 01011111 0101111 1111111 1101111 110111110 11011100 01111110 110111110 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, mig, ei are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, du are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie, hund are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word hund at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of O! Var Jeg!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Christian Winther
- Analysis of O, Hvergang Min Tanke Til Dig Gaaer
- Analysis of O, Kunde Jeg Dit Knæ Dog Favne
- Analysis of O, Lad Ei Svinde
