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

Nys fyldte skjøn Sired det attende Aar,
Var roelig i Vinter og munter i Vaar,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX Xbaa XXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 11011011011 111101101 1111011 0111101111 111111101 01111111 1101101101 111010111 1101111111 1101101011 1111111 110111011 010111101 1101101111 10011001 11011011010 111101111 111111111 1111001111 1101111001 11011011011 11011111001 110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, hun, saa, som, de are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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