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

I smilende Vaar, mens paa Roser jeg træder,
Mens Himlen er reen som den spejlklare Strøm,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa XbXbaX aXXXaX bXbXaX XXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111011 1100111101 11001011001 11001111001 1111110110110 11011111110 1101011111 1101101101 111111011 1101011111 11111110110 110110111100 11111011110 11111001111 110110100110 111111101 10101110110 110110011100 111110111 1111111101 11111111111 111111111111111 11111111110 1111111100 111110100100 111111101101 1111110000 111101101 1111111011010 110110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mens, er, min, ej, jeg, en, til, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mens, har, hvor, et are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, har at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

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