This is an analysis of the poem Det Slukte Slot that begins with:

Du flammer som et solrødt Slot,
der knejste i mit Ungdomsland:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XXX XXX XXX aXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101111 111111100 111011 1101111 11011101 110111 11111111 11110110 10010100 10010111 111111 111011 1111111 111111100 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • 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 saa, og are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Det Slukte Slot;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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