This is an analysis of the poem Et Aar I Padua that begins with:

Det var den hellige Antons Fest
Udi Padua,...

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: aBXX CdcX XXXd XXaX XXXX eXec XfXc XXXX XgXX hXhX XXXX XhXX XhXX iciX XXcX XXXX dcXX XXXd XXXc fXXX caca XaXX aBXX CdXX hgXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 10100 101101101 1100 11111001 11010 1100011011 1101 1111111 111 1101001 111010 111110001 01010 110111101 1101 110010111 1100 11010101 1001 1111001001 10001 111011111 11001 11110111 1111 100111001 111 111101100 10 110101101 110 111111011 11011 110101011 1101 11011011011 111 101101001 11011 11110111 11000 110111011 10010 11110111 1101 11111110100 111 11111101 1101 1111001010 1100 11110011000 1101 11111100 11111 110100101 11010 111111111 1101 110110100 1101 110111 111 1011011 0101 11011101 1111 111011011 1101 11011111 1111 11111101 1101 110111110 1101 1100110101 111 111110110 1011 1111101 1101 1100011011 1111 110101111 1101 11011001011 11001 1111011101 10100 110101101 1100 11111001 111010 1111111 111 111011011 111 1111111100 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, hun, ved are repeated.

    The author used the same words der, og, da, men 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 Et Aar I Padua;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Schack von Staffeldt