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

En skummel, graa December. Det hvirvler paany
med Sne, som ligner Aske, før den falder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX aXXa bbXX cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101011010 1111011110 111010111111 1100100110 110101011111 11111101 110111010101 11011111 110110110101 1101110101 11011101011 1101010110 01011111001010 11111110 11111010001 11110111010 101110011101 110110011 111111110100 110111111 110110110111 11101110 110110011101 100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; r, og are repeated.

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

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

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

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