This is an analysis of the poem Øwer Æ Ævn' that begins with:
Haar do hør', haar du hør', te Pe' Døw han er dø',
og hans Kuen sejjer Enk' li'saa strag som en Mø!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXX XaaXXXX XX XXXX XXXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bbXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,7,2,4,6,8,8,15,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101111101 111101101111 01111001111 11101111011 0111111101 11111011111 101011011101111 11011011111 101111111011 111011011111 111111111111 101011111101 1111111111 1111111111 111011111111 01101111111 111110111111 11111111111 11111111111 11100111111 111111110 111111111011 111110111111 111111111110 1111111111 110111111111 11111111111 1111111011 1011011111 1111111111 1111111101 111111111 110111001 11011011111 1110111101 11110110111 1111111110 1111111001 11111011111 11111101110 1111111111 1101111001 111111011111 111101111010 111111111111 11111111011 111111111 111110111011 11111111101 11111110111 111111111011 11111101111 11111111011 1111111111 111111111 111101101111 111111111111 10111111111 11111110111 1111111001 11111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, hun, haar, og, som, en, r, d, er, hinne, n, hwer, for, saa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hun, hinne, og are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines g is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Øwer Æ Ævn';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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