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

Han kommer med Sommer, han kommer med Sol
til Kløver og nikkende Hvener. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXccX XXXXaaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011011 1111010 110111101 11101100 111111101 1101101101 1100110 11101110 1111010 1100101101 1111010 11010111 111011011 1110010110 100110101 11011 010111011 1111101 011101111 11011111011 11111010 1100101101 010111010 1101111111 010110110 01111101 11011101 1101110 11111111 11011111 1101111101 1111101 11011011111 1110011010 11010110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, du, der, hans are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word danmark at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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