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

Naar alle Blomster slumme i kolde Vintergrav,
Jeg vaagner af min Dvale, og kaster Dækket af....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaabbcXXXXcXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111100 11011111011 1111110101 1111111011 11111111101 11111111110101 110110110111 111101111101 110010110110 11110110111 11111110110111 110111110101 11010111111 1111101010 11001111100 11111110100 11111100111 1111110111 111011011111 1111110110100 1110010001 1101011011 1110111111 1101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 235
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, og, naar are repeated.

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

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

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

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