This is an analysis of the poem Femte Capitel that begins with:

Af østlige Sovegemak fra duunbløde Leie opsprang
Bedækket med tyndeste Natslør den skiønne Aurore....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXXXX XXXXXXXX XcXXXXXXXX XdXccbX XXXXXcXcaXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,7,15,12,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100011110 1011011110 01010111100101 100110101001101 10011001101101 1000101111110 1101101010111 1100111011110111 10110101111 1001101111111011 110110101101110 1111011011001 111100101111001 11110111101 1101011011010 101011011111001 11011001001110 11011100110 1111011110 11111010010 11011111010 11011111110001 111100111101 11010001101 1111001111001 11011111111 1110111111 111101111111 110101111 111010110 110111111 1100011110 11110111010 1001011011 11110111 1110111010 101111110 111110110 1011111101 1110110111 1110111110 100111111 111110111110 11011111111 1110011000 1101111100 111001011 11011011 11011110 100101111 11101011110 010011011 110011100 01110100 011011011 11111010 1011011111 111111110110 0100010101 11101111100 111101101 111111111 10011101 10001110 1111111 1101100 011011101 11011001 11100001 11011111110 1111110111 110101111 11100110101 111111110 11111110100 1111111110 011001101100 1100010111 11010110101 1011001111 110101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; du, og, en are repeated.

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

    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 Femte Capitel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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