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

Gid alle Jordens Kroner vare dine!
Gid alle Folkeslag fra Syd til Nord...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXXXXXXXbdXdXbXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeceXXXbXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 111001111 1110010 110011111 111110011 1011111 1101010010 11011101 111011010 111110010 1011110 1101110001 1101111 110111011 11111111 1111101111 1110111 11111111 10011011 10001111 10101111 1111111100 011010111 111110101 01110001 1111111 011110010 1111111000 11111101 10110111 1001111 1011111110 1111101 110111111 1111111 110110101 11010101100 110111000 1101110110 111110011 1100110110 110101101 1100001101 111011011 1111001 1011001111 101101101 111111 1111110 11110011 1101100111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 358
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, du, mme are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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