I Fjelleboden by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

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

Pulcinella! Pulcinella!
Lær mig Sækkepiben blæse!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001000 111001 1001110 11001 10001000 11101100 110111110 111100 11101110 1010010 1110111 101110 11101110 10111010 111001 11111110 1110111 1011100 11101110 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; og, han are repeated.

    The author used the same words pulcinella, og 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 I Fjelleboden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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