Var Det Synd? by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Var Det Synd? that begins with:

O, var det Synd, at vi var ene?
At ved vort Bryllup var saa faa?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXaX
  • 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: 11111111 11110111 110111 11111101 1111110 111110 110100110 1111110 11011100 1101010 11010100 111111 11111110 1111100 111101110 111110 11110101 1111111 101111 1111111 11110010 1111111 10111010 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; at, var, med, og, ingen are repeated.

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

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

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