This is an analysis of the poem Kulrøg [i Morgenmulmet, Naar Lokomotivets] that begins with:

I Morgenmulmet, naar Lokomotivets
Luger er røde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXA XbXb XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXA XXXc XXXX cXXX XXXX cXXX
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000110000 1001 01111000 0111 10001101 011 0101101010 1101 11101111 1111 10101101 1111 111110000 10110 11100101 100110 11101011 11 10110110 11011 10110011001 101 10101110 1101 11111 11110 10110101 110 11011001011 11011 1101011001 1011 1110111 111 1101011100 111 1101110100 1101 110001100 0101 110011001 1110 1111110111 100110 110111010 110100 1111011010 110110 111010100 11101 1011011011 11101 1010110010 101 11110110 11 1011100 11000 10111101 111 11100101101 0111 1111101010 1101 1011101111 110110 11111110 1010 10101111010 1101 11011110110 111100 11110110 1011 11011011001 1111 101010010 11010 110110101 11110 1011101010 1010 1011101110 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • 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; gen, og, er, ilden are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word det 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 Kulrøg [i Morgenmulmet, Naar Lokomotivets];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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