This is an analysis of the poem Sorte Blomst [jeg Kom Som Ung Til Den Store Stad] that begins with:

Jeg kom som ung til den store Stad,
hvor Larmen og Kvinderne gjorde mig glad....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbXXXc XXXXXdee fXXX eXXXgXXXXXXaXdaXXXd XXX XXXbXXXX XXXX aaXXXXXXgg XdXXXhXfXX XX Xb heXXXX XXXXXc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,4,19,3,8,4,10,10,2,2,6,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 110110111 1111010100 1101111110 1011111 10011111001 101111111 110111100 111101111 11111111 111101010 110111111 11110111 1111111 1101111011 111111011 101111011 101011 1011111101 101101110 1101111101 110101101 010111100 11110111 11111110 1101111101 1111101111 11110100 1111111110 11 1111011 1110111111 11111111 111101101 1111111110 11111111 11101111011 110111101 111111011 11011011011 111111101 1101111111 1101111100 111101111000 100101111 110101100 10011111 1100101111 111111100 1111011110 110101100 1111000100 1111111001 111110100 110111100 11110111 1111111 111111111 1111110111 11111111 1110101000 1111101000 11001111 111111111 11111111 111101110 110111101 11110101 11101111 1111011001 1111011011 1111011111 111110110 11111111 11011011111 1111011001 111111110 11011101110 11111010 11111011111 111111111 1111111111 1110111 11011111 01111110 111101110 110011100 110101100 1101111111 1101011101 1111101011 111111101 1111101010 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, hendes, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, man, han are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, n, l, j, nt are repeated).

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

  • summary of Sorte Blomst [jeg Kom Som Ung Til Den Store Stad];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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