This is an analysis of the poem Søndag I Skoven that begins with:

Søndag i Skoven. Det blaaner i Træernes øverste Kroner.
Hvisk og tisk kun om Højtid, I sødmefyldte Serafer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXX XXXXX aXXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,2,3,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110110110 111111110100 111101111110010 111111011001000 1010011011101 100011010110010 10011110110011010 111011001111010 111101111010 10111111111 111000101101010 10100010001100 1111011111011 1110101111100 1111011010110 10101110111100 011011110101110 110110011110010 101100101100101 0111011110010110 101101111111000 111011111101 11100010110010110 11011111111010 1010100111011 111011011011 1001100010111100 10111110111111 100111100111 111111011111100 1001011110011100 10101111011010 11101010111110 111111011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, et, er, jeg are repeated.

    The author used the same word men 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 Søndag I Skoven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen