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

Luft ud den mugne Lugt af Blomster,
de visne Roser, fej dem væk!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXX bXXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 0110111 10100110 11110111 11001000 1111101 110101010 1111010 0111011 0101011 1111110 11111111 110011 10110101 10111110 11011100 110011110 110011 110111110 11010011 1111111 1001111 1110111 1111111 110111 1111101 1100111 111111 11110110 1110000 01101000 110111 10100110 11110111 11111110 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; en, d, i, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word fort at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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