Tilstaaelse by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

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

Det var en ung og deilig Kone,
Der gav mig Næring af sit Bryst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX abXX XXXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1111111 1111110 11110111 11110 11111 1110011 11010110 1111000 11011100 11110000 10010101 11111110 111111 11111110 111111 10011111 1111101 10011000 111011 100111011 1111100 11111000 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, var, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, vi are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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