Blomsterofferet by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

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

Her staaer Huset. I det mørke Stræde
Brænder Lygten døsig paa sin Stage....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01101111 1101111 10001111 11111101 111100101 10101011 111010111 111111 11011111 110110111 1001101010 101110110 1111101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; duft is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word de at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Blomsterofferet;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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