This is an analysis of the poem Den Unge Lærkes Foraarssang that begins with:

Blæs Søndenvind! lad Søen høre Dig!
Smelt Isen fra dens stille Sovekammer!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXb aXXX bXXX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101111000 101111 111011010 111111101 110101100 110111001 11011111 110101111 111001110 11111100 110111101 1101110011 1100110110 1101110001 111111010 1111010111 11101111 1111111 111111001 11010101 110111100 110111100 1111110 110110011 110101110 11111001 11101110 11111101 1001010001 110011101 1101110 101111111111 11101111 1111101111 11111111 0101000101 1111101 0110011111 1011110101 11111011 1111111101 11111111 101110001 111100110 111011100 11111011 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; s, jeg, mig, og, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, jeg are repeated.

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

  • summary of Den Unge Lærkes Foraarssang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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