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

Naar Morgenrødens første Smiil indbyde
Den slumrende Natur til Liv og Lyst;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXabaXbXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXcXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110 110101111 11010111 110101001 1110111010 110101111 1100011010 11110101 11111110 110111111 110101111 1001111111 111111110 11111001 11001100100 1110110100 111101101 111111111 1101011011 111111001 1101111101 111101111 11011111 1110111 1101010110 1010011001 1001100010 1011111 1111111111 110111011111 1101011101 1101110101 11111101 1101110100 1111010111 110111101 1101011101 111110111 111111111 111101111 1111110110 11111011 111111110 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1780
  • Average number of words per stanza: 336
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mig, i, hvad, er, jeg, og, dig, kan, jo are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, og are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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