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

Skiøn og kielen, som Cythere,
Hvid og mild, som Cynthia,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXb XXXX cbXX XaXX XccX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XdXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1111100 111111 01100 10101100 01111 1101000 111101 1111111 1111101 1001101 1110101 101110 101011 11101010 10011 1000110 10101 1101 111111 1010001 1111110 1110010 111111 101111 101011 110111 110110 110110 10111111 101110 10110 1011100 111101 10110000 111101 1010111 1010111 101111 1110101 11101100 1010111 10101010 1001101 1110111 111101 1110000 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som is repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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