This is an analysis of the poem Til Sorgen that begins with:
Du som taus med sænket Hoved staaer,
Liig en Lillie knækket paa sin Stængel,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XbXX XXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 11101111 10001111 111100 101001101 1001111110 10100111 1111101010 10111101 101010111 101111111 10110111 10101011 11011101 111011101 01110010 11101111 1011101010 11111101 10101111 111010101 11101111 11111101 0111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; kommer, du, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kommer, har are repeated.
The author used the same word jo at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Til Sorgen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Steen Steensen Blicher
- Analysis of Jægersange
- Analysis of Lærken
- Analysis of Ved Forestillingen Af En Forfatters Første Dramatiske Forsøg
