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

O Messalina med det stolte Hoved!
de rige, hæftigskaarne Læbers Tale...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab XXX XXX XXa XXX bXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011110 011011 1110111 111111100 11010110010 111110010 11111010 111101101 11001111010 11110101000 11111111010 11111111010 1101110100 11111101 1111011100 111110111 1111111110 1111111100 11101101111 10010100101 1101111110 10100010110 11000001010 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; hvor, og, jeg, de are repeated.

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

  • summary of Messalina;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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