This is an analysis of the poem Stæren that begins with:

Ved Tøbrudstid fløjter Stæren sin Sang
og synger til midt i Skjærsommer;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab XXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101111 11011110 111111101 1111010 1111001101 11110010 11101000 11110110 110111101 1100010 111101101 0110010 111111110 111110111 1100010 10111011 110111010 1101011 1101101111 111110110 111100111 1111001 1111011000 1110100 1111011111 110001 1101111111 11001 11111011011 1011101 11011011111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; jeg, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Stæren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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