Tilstaaelsen [den Gule Strøm I Aftenrøden Bølger] by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Tilstaaelsen [den Gule Strøm I Aftenrøden Bølger] that begins with:

Den gule Strøm i Aftenrøden bølger
Om Fjeldets Kant;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1101 111111111 1110 111101011 1111 110110011 1101 1001101000 1101 110011100 1100 1100011110 1101 1101011000 1101 1101110001 1101 11011111 1111 111111 1100 11101101 1101 111011111 111 11101101011 111 100010110 1101 110111100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word tidt 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 Tilstaaelsen [den Gule Strøm I Aftenrøden Bølger];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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