This is an analysis of the poem Julestemning that begins with:

Sikken voldsom Trængsel og Allarm,
Det er koldt, og man maa gaa sig varm....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX XXXbXXXX XXXcXcbb XXXXccXX XXXacXXX XaXXXaXX aXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 101111111 10110101 11110110 11101111 1110011101 101111100 1111010 1001110 10011011 11110110 10110011 11100101 11010111 1111101 101111101 101111001 111101111 1101111 101011001 101110 100010101 11111101 11110111 10011001 1111110 10010101 100001101 101010111 10110011 10011101 11101101 11101101 111000101 101010011 10101111 100011101 11111110 1001111 11111111 11101111 11011011 1101111 111001110 11011110 1111111 111111 111111011 0111111 111011101 1111111110 0111111 111000110 11111111 101110111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, r, du are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, r are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word jul at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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