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

Nu er det Nat,
Og Skjellet, som blev sat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcXX acXX XXbcXX XXXXXX XXcXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,6,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 110111 1111010101 1001011 11011 11010111 1111 111101 1101111 1111011 10011101 11110 111111 11111 111101 10111 10101 11100 11111 10101111 11111 110101 1100111000 111000 10110 111 111 1111 111110 101 01111011 111011 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; i, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i 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 Taarnvægtersang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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