Uvejrsskyen by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund: poem analysis

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

O Menneske, hvor vil Du fly?
Saa buldred vildt en Tordensky...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXaX XXXX XXXX ccXX XXbb XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 11011100 1111111 1101011 1111111 1011100 1110101 110101010 11111101 11011101 1011111 111011 100100011 0111111 111111 111101110 11011101 1101111 1111111 1111110 1111011 10110111 1101111 11011101 11111100 1111111 1101011 11010111 11110111 1111101 11111101 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og, din, d are repeated.

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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