Indsigt Og Oversigt by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Indsigt Og Oversigt that begins with:

En Træorm i en Vinduespost
et Hul dybsindig monne gnave;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 1110011 1101111 11001101 11010111 11101110 1111100 1111011000 1111111 111101110 11111111 111111100 10110111 11100111 01011111 01000111 11110101 110111000 111111 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; en, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Indsigt Og Oversigt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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