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

Vis er Døden. Salig Slummer
Venter snarlig Sorgens Ven....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XcXc XbXb XdXX XXXX XXXX XXXd XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XdbX XXaX Xeae XaXX XbXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 1010101 11110 1110101 101011 1011101 101101 1110010 111101 11011 1110111 1010101 11010 1011101 1111 111101 1111111 10100 101111 11110 111001 111011 1111110 10111 1111101 1010010 10111 110101 11111 111011 11111 11111 111010 111011 1100110 100111 1110101 1011101 111111 1011101 111111 1010101 111111 1011100 1110111 1111111 111111 1110101 111001 111111 1110101 110100 1110110 11101 11111110 0110100 11011 1001101 111111 110101 1111110 111111 1110010 1100111 11111010 11111 10110010 1010100 1110101 111010 1000101 11101 111111 11111 11111 111110 101011 110100 111111 1110100 1010101 11111 111101 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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