This is an analysis of the poem Til Helgesen that begins with:
Et Blun forsvandt, o Ven, den Tid, som hidtil skabte
Mit Valhal i din Favn!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XbXb XXXX XaXX caca XXXX XaXX XXXa XXXXXcaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111101 11110111 110111111101 10011 11001110110 11111 1111111101 11111 11110111010 1111101 1101111111010 10011 11111111111 110101 1111011111 11011 111001111111 11111 110101110001 1111 11111110111 11101 111111101 110011 1111011111110 11011 1110111111 11011 11110111011 111011 1111111110 001100 111111001110 111101 11011110110 11011 11111110010 11010 1101111110 100101 11110110111 11011 1101001011 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; skulde, og, naar are repeated.
The author used the same word o 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 Til Helgesen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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