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

Trompeten skingred, og Kartoven
Sin Torden sendte høit mod Sky;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXX XbXbXXXc XdXXXXXX bXbXXXXX XXXeXXXX XXXfXXXX XgXgXXXX dXXXfcfX XXXXXXXX XXXeXXeX XgXXXXgX eXeXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101100 1101111 1111110 1111111 110101100 10011101 111101100 11010101 1101011 11111100 11110111 11101011 111111000 1111010 1111110 11111111 11101110 11011110 110111110 111111 11111111 1111100 1111111 110011010 11000111 11111011 1111111 1111101 111111 11111111 1111100 11100111 110001110 111111110 11111000 111111 1111110 11101111 111110 1111101 101101110 1101001 11111100 1110011 1111111 11111 1111100 11000111 110001110 1110010 1111110 11110010 11101110 11110110 100111010 11110100 11000111 1110111 11111111 1111111 111101 11111111 11101011 1101111 11101110 10111000 110101110 1101111 11010111 111001 111111 11111111 110001110 111100 11011110 111111 1111110 11110100 1111101 11111100 101101100 1101111 111111000 11110111 111001110 1101111 11111101 11110101 01011111 111111 11011111 10011101 11011110 1111011 11101110 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, han, en, af are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, jeg, han, en, af are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Christian Winther