This is an analysis of the poem Serenade that begins with:
Lydløst leger Aarebladet
som en Fisk i Sølver-Badet...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaAXBBX XXXaAAXBBX XXXaaAXBBX XXXaAAXBbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101000 1111110 1010101 10111101 1010 1011 100011 1001 1011 11100011 1110101 1010101 1110100 101111 1000 1011 100011 1001 1011 11100011 11101110 111111 11111 1011101 1001 1011 100011 1001 1011 11100011 1001011 1001011 111011 10010101 1000 1011 100011 1001 1011 11100011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; ro, v, k, bort, fra, er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words bort, d are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mmer, bro are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word k at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Serenade;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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