This is an analysis of the poem Drømmeren that begins with:
Hver Midnat i den skumle tolvte Stund,
Naar Hjertet døsig i sit Fængsel banker,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX bXXX XXbX cXcX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 110111110 100101011 111110010 110111001 1111111010 11111111 11010100110 111101011 111110100 1101110110 10111101010 11111100 111101110 11011111 111100011 110011101 11111011 100111111 11101011 011110101 1101111000 11011111 11111110 1101001101 111101100 111011111 11111100110 111100111 111101111 1111111 110111111 11011111 111111101 1101111101 11011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, de, og, nu, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nu, som, og are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Drømmeren;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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