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

Flyd sødt og sagtelig, min stille Sang!
Vær liig en lønlig Kildes milde Brusen!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXb bXXXXXcX XXXXXXXX XXdXXXXX XXXXXXXX XeXXXXXX XXcXXXXX fXfXgXXa XXXXXbXX hXXXXbXe XXXXXXXX XdXdXXXX XXhXXXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 111110110 1101111 11110010010 1101110111 11001111 111110111 110011001 011100011 1111110001 11011110 1101100101 1000111 10110101 1111111111 1101110101 0101111 1001110110 110111101 11010111110 10110011 10110001 111100011 111011111 1111111100 1101110010 11111111110 11011101010 011101110 11111111 01110100 10100111 110111100 110110011 11010111010 10110001 110110110 01011111010 11010011101 10111111 111111111 011101110 1101110110 1111011010 111111001 11101101 1101111111 1111111101 1111001001 111111100 101001111 111110010 111101101 1101010101 1111111 1011110111 111111111 111111111 110101011 111111111 110011011 1101010101 110111100 1100111101 1111111001 111110110 1101010111 11011110 110111110 11110011 1101011100 1101110100 11110011 11111101 011110001 110101111 1111001100 110011111 11100111 1011111 101111100 111101 11101111 1101110 1101110100 111011111 1011110101 110111111 110110011 11011110110 11111101 0111100010 1101110 110101111 111001010 110010101 11101110 1110011010 111111101 111111010 1110110110 1111111 11100111 111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; en, ved, i, du, din, f, r are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, din, til, f are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lve, rk, mme, nkte, rer, n, de, ldes are repeated).

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

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

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