This is an analysis of the poem Varselskriften that begins with:
Nattens Gudinde henad Himlen svæved,
Og Viisdomsfuglen fløi ved hendes Side;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101 1100011101 11010111 1111001 1111011101 1010101110 11011011 1111111000 111011110 111111101 11011101 11110111 11011111 011001101 1100101010 1101101 011110111 1001111110 111110010 1111111010 111111110 10011111110 1101110100 111001110 111111110101 110111011 1111011101 1111100101 111010001 0111110110 100111110 1111111110 11011110 1000010100 10010110 100111001 1101111101 111001100 11111111 11101101100 1100111110 11111110 111111110 11110101 11110001100 11111110110 1110101100 1111011111 1111110011 11011111 11101010 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; ved, og, du, med, en, af are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word en is repeated.
The author used the same word en 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 Varselskriften;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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