This is an analysis of the poem Til Seraphine that begins with:

Med fugtig Purpurvinge stiger
Af Havet den forhadte Dag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX XXXXaXaXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXaXXaXacbcXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXcXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,60,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 1101101 1100110 111010 110101110 1001011 110000100 111100100 111110010 1101111 100101110 0111011 1101001 1101111 11010110 1110001 111100100 1100110 111110100 11010111 10111110 1101100 1101101 1101011 1101111 100111 111111 11111101 11011110 1011100 11110110010 111010 11111101 1100110 100101011 1111010 10010111 1101111 1101111 11110001 11011111 1111011 11100110 11011 11011001 011011 11110110 101011 11111111 110111 1001101 1010100 11111111 11010101 11110100 110111 111110 11110101 1101111 11010011 11110110 1111101 1110011 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1029
  • Average number of words per stanza: 183
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; til, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word din is repeated.

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  • summary of Til Seraphine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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