This is an analysis of the poem Straaler, Mine Drømmesale! that begins with:

Straaler, mine Drømmesale,
Skjønt i tusind' Kjerters Glands....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX cXXX cXXX XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 1110101 1011111 1001101 1001111 1000111 1111011 1110111 1001111 1110101 11110101 1111101 111101 1110011 0101101 1111111 111101 1011100 1111101 11111 111110 1110110 10111010 1011010 11111010 111011 1101000 1010111 110111111 11111 11111111 111111 111111 11011 110111 101111 1111111 111101 1110111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of Straaler, Mine Drømmesale!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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