This is an analysis of the poem Aftenen [en Aften Deilig, Som I En Roman! ] that begins with:

En Aften deilig, som i en Roman!
(For Rimets Skyld, som een i Hindostan.)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXcXXX XXXXXdXXXXXX ecXXXXXX abaXXXecXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011110 1101111100 110001111110 11101101010 110101111 110110101 010101111 111101 1011111 1101111 111101111 11011100 110111111 11111101 1010111011 1101010101 11101111 11011001 1101010111 11111110 110011111 110111111 1100110001 110101101 111110001 01110011 1111011 100111110 1101011111 11000111010 111111110 11001111010 111111110 1111111 1101011110 1101011100 101111111 1101111101 1011011101 1111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, d are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Aftenen [en Aften Deilig, Som I En Roman! ];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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