This is an analysis of the poem Ved Det Skandinaviske Naturforskermøde that begins with:

Hvor dunkle Fiorde giennem Landet trænger,
Hvor Hiulet suser, og hvor Strømmen gaaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XXXbcaXa bXbXcXXX cXcXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 110101111 110101011 1101110001 110111110 1101010101 10111101010 1111011001 11011110 110101111 1100011101 110101111 110001111 1111011 101101111 11101111 110111111 1101010101 110111011 11011111 1110111010 1101001101 111101110 111111101 111111011 111010101 111101011 110101111 1101111010 111011101 1111111100 01101101 1001111010 11011111 1101110110 1101011101 11110111110 1111010111 11011111100 1111011101 10111111 110111011 111101111 1101011101 1111111100 110111011 1111101010 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; hvor, i, der, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, paa are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Ved Det Skandinaviske Naturforskermøde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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