This is an analysis of the poem Ipsara that begins with:
Halvmaanen over Askedynger staaer,
Og mat og gusten som en Dødning smiler;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa bXbX XXXX XXXX XccX dXdX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010001 1111011110 11111101 111011010 1001011111 110101010 11011101 11011001010 1000110001 1111101010 110110111 0111111100 1010110 10101111010 110111100 11111110 1101111101 111111 01011111 1101010001 111010101 111111110 0110010111 1001100010 01001111 010111011 110101111 11100111 10100111 11111010 1101001101 111101101 101101111 1011110110 1000110101 111111110 111011101 111101011 11111101 110111111 110101111 1101110101 1110110101 1101010111 101111101 1110100010 110001111 11011101100 110001111 1111110110 110111101 111110110 1101011101 111001110 1101110100 111001010 111001111 1111111 111001110 0011001 0101111 11010001 1111011101 1111001111 111110111 1001100110 11011111 1111101010 1111110100 11101111 1111111 110001111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; og, du, de, paa, til, han, dem are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, lad are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ipsara;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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