Epilog [her Har Skyldfri Skjemt Sin Bolig] by Steen Steensen Blicher: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Epilog [her Har Skyldfri Skjemt Sin Bolig] that begins with:

Her har skyldfri Skjemt sin Bolig;
Tiden gaaer i munter Iil:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101110 1011101 10111110 111101 11111010 111101 1111010 0111110 110111 101101 1110111 111111 1110111 1010001 1111111 10101110 1101111 101111 111011 1011111 1110111 1011101 111101 1111110 111111 111011 101100 0110110 1010111 1110110 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word allarm at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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