Ved Et Kunstnerpars Sølvbryllup by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ved Et Kunstnerpars Sølvbryllup that begins with:

Nær ved Lillebælts Strand stod hans Vugge paa Fyen.
Alt som Dreng var han stærk som en Bjørn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111111 111111111 11110101011 111111111 111011111000 11111111 1111111111 1111011 111111101 111111011 11111111011 11001111 11111111001 111111 111111111 11111011 1111110111 11111101 11001111011 11111001 1110110101 111011011 11111111101 1110101 11101101011 01110100 11101000011 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, hans, at, til, med, der, var, hun, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, til, hun are repeated.

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  • summary of Ved Et Kunstnerpars Sølvbryllup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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