This is an analysis of the poem Herrens Røst that begins with:

Herren taler: Øer, hører!
Hver som Øren har at høre med!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa XaXaXXX XaXaXXX XXbXXXc XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XabXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 1111111 1010111 111111111 11101 11101 1011111 10111 11101111 111011 11010101 11110 11111 11100 110110 10101111 111101 1111111 101110 101000 111111 10111010 11110100 1111110 11111000 11000 101110 1110111 110111 11011101 111011 11011101 101000 11110 1111111 11011 10111101 1111101 10100111 101010 101110 1100100 111000 1111111 111110 10111111 101110 101110 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; og, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, i, folke, bryder are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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