This is an analysis of the poem Digteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson that begins with:

Hvor Ørnene drømmer bag rimtynget Gren,
der sidder en Gamling som hugget i Sten;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXXX XbXX XXXX ccXX ddXX Xcbb XXbb XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 11011011011 111101100 110101100 110101101 1100101101 11000111 110011101 1111101111 11011011111 111111101 11001111 110111001 110111101 11011110 11111111 1111101111 110101101 11111011 11001110 110111101 111101101 010101111 110101111 11111001 111101101 11111111 1101101111 11011011001 111011111 1110101111 111111111 11111101 11111101 01111101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk, r are repeated).

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

  • summary of Digteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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