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

Solen gaaer mørkrød ned i Sydvest,
Aftenhimmelen blusser,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXXXXb XXXXXX XXXaXX caXXXc XXXXXX XXXXXd XXXXXX XaXXXX XaXXXX dabXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1000010 11011010 1111010 10010 1010111 100111 1011 11011010 111110 11 1101011001 10110111 1000010 1101101 11101010 101 11100101 01110111 101111 110101110 01010110 1110 0111111 110000111 1010110 1101011 101111 101 10000111 1101111 01111 101101 10010101 101 1101001011 1010111 101110 1111101 1010101 101 10111111 101000101 10111 1101010 110110110 110 10101101 111011011 1010110 1001111 10011110 101 1011011 11111011 101110 11111101 11111101 101 010111001 10011101 101110 1011010110 1001110010 011 1100101011 10101011 101110 11101010 101011010 11 11010011 101100100 1011011 10101101 101101 101 1100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mmer, ngsel are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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