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

Blandt grønklædte Bakker der ligger en Dal,
Saa lønlig og stille, saa luun og saa sval;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXb XXcc dXXX XXee XXXX ccXX XdXX XXXX XXcc aXXX XXeX bbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011011 111111111 11011011111 1100100101 11011011001 1001100101 1101111011 1101100101 11011011011 10011010001 11001101011 01010111 1101111 11100101 011101111 110111101 1111011011 1110110101 110111101 11111101 11011011001 100110101 1101101001 1100101101 110111101 101100100 1100111001 100111001 11010011001 1111110101 1111001101 1101110101 111001101 111111101 110011101 1100001111 0111011011 01110111 11101001001 110111101 11101011011 111111111 111110101 110110010010 1011111101 111101111101 11011101 1101011111110 11001011001 111111110 111111011 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; og, saa, den, de, ej, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, de, hvor are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines n, k, e are repeated).

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

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

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