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

Tit op fra din Ager! Hvor gaar det, du Smaa?
Staar du ej og ta'r Kuld om din krybende Taa?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX aaXa XXbbXXaa XXXX XX XaXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,4,2,4,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111011101 10111111101 1011110111 01110111 10111011 111011111011 11101101111 1101101 11101111001 11101111001 1010111111 111110011 1011111001 111011011011 1110111111 1010111011 1101111001 1111111101 11001011011 1101001 11110101 1010110101011 1010110111 1011101 1010111101 1101101 1101111011 11001011001 1101111111 1100101 01011101011 11011001010 110101101 100110101 101011111 01011001 101011011111 1111111111 1111101 11101111 11111101 01010011110 111101101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; din, du, og, den, i, r, d, dig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, naar, d, om are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase d connects the lines.

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

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

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