This is an analysis of the poem Det Gamle Øg that begins with:
Det suser saa tungt i den visnende Bøg,
det hvisler i Tidslernes Toppe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XaXa bXbX XXXX acXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111101 11011001 1101110 1101110 11001011 11011010 1110111 01111100 100110011 110100 01011011010 110101 1001011011 1101100 0101111101 1100011 11100101 1111001 110111110 11100011 11111111 1110111 111111010 1101101 1010111001 1010110 110101111 110111 1111101011 11101111 11010111 1111011 111111101 110111 101011011 110001101 1111111000 1001110 1101110101 10111101 110111111 11000110 1101111110 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; det, du, den, og, vil, mod are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, og, afsted are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase den connects the lines.
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- summary of Det Gamle Øg;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
- Analysis of Det Sidste Følge
- Analysis of Duerne
- Analysis of Edderkoppen [du Edderkop, Vil Du Til Hækken Spinde]
