This is an analysis of the poem Amor Hos Bacchus that begins with:

Bacchus.
Tys! Hvo banker paa Døren? Hvad seer jeg? Amor sig nærmer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bXXXXbX aX bX ac bX ac bX aX bXXX aXXXd bX aX bX aXXXXeXXXXXd bXf aXX bXXccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX aXbXXXXXXcXXXXfcXXXXXXXXXbXXebXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,5,2,2,2,12,3,3,23,33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1110111111011 111111101001 10 111011111110100 111100111101 11111101101111 1111111011001 111110111110 1100111111001 10 11010111110110 10 1011111111 10 111011 10 111111 10 11101 10 110111 10 11111001011110 10 1110111111 1010111111 11111111110 10 1001110111111 110100110011 10011111111010 11101101101 10 11100 10 101010110 10 11111 10 111110 1010011110110 10100111011111 111011110110 111110110011 1101111111111 11011111110 111001011110110 1110111001 1110111011001 1111111011011 10 110111111110110 1110111110101 10 1111011111001111 11101111010 10 1011111110110 101011111010 101101011110110 101011111 1111101111 11101110111 111011111110110 11111101110 11000111101110 10101110111 111010110111 101111101110 111111111110 1011010101101 111011011001 111011111101 1010111100011 101111101111 11100111101010 1111011011010 1101111111010 101011011 10 1011011111110 10110111111010 111101101111011 111011111001 1111111011 101011111001 111011111111 11110111111 1010111111110 1001011101111 101100011010110 1110111010011 111001010110 101110101111 11101111100110 11111111111 1001011011011 111101111111 1110101111111 11101110111 1111111110110 1011011101011 11101111001011 111111111111 10100111010110 1111101101 111111011110 11000111011 111110111110 1110011111101 11101011110 11101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; jeg, min, dig, du, den, at, f, mig, nu, han, og, var are repeated.

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

  • summary of Amor Hos Bacchus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Johan Ludvig Heiberg