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

Igennem Sommerskyers bløde Flor
en sølvmat Nedgangssol sin Straalevifte...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 111001100 10111001 11110111111 111100101 111101010 110011101 1111111110 1110101101 11011100010 111101111 111111010 111101101 1111011101 110111100 1101010111 111101111 11011111 11101111 11011111 11111111 111110111 111101111 111101111 1111110111 1101101110 110111100 1101111010 110011111 10010111 110111011 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, til 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 en 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 Landskabet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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