Vildbassen Og Væderen by Steen Steensen Blicher: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Vildbassen Og Væderen that begins with:

Omringet af sin Faareflok, der stod
En Slagter, som de Værgeløses Blod...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110011 11010101 11011111 111111111 1101101110 1101000111 100110101 11111101 11110111 111111111 1101111010 110111100 01111100 0101011111 100010111 111000101 11111111000 1101111110 111110110 11011001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; d is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vildbassen Og Væderen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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