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

Idag brænder jeg paa ny
efter det solviltre, skyggevaade Neapel...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXXaXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,11,7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1011010010 11011100 11000101101100 111111 111101001010 1101110000 11001110011 11010011100 1111100110 1010110 110111110 111011101001010 111100010101001 1010011100 1111010 1100101010110 1110111101101 1010111001 1110011110 10011010 110011001 110111101 11111010100100 011100101010 111001001110 111101101110101 0100101001100 1101011101 101100111101 110110011001110 11001100 11110000 10111100010101100 1111011111011 101111011100 1111101011010 1100101000 1100111011100 10011000 11011101011100 0110101000010 1100111010 10010100111 1011011111100 10101100100100 1111110110011 10100110 110100100 111010 110010101110 10011110111011 111101111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; en, de, og are repeated.

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

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

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