This is an analysis of the poem David that begins with:
Herre!
Se, min Søn har rejst sig...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcd XXeaXeX Xcae XXeX ededXXX bXXXbX AAXXXX XXXfXXbfX cXXeXXX XbXXXXXX dXdXXeebX a XXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,4,7,6,6,9,7,8,9,1,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 1111111 1110 10111101 101111 1111110 1111111 10111110 11000 111 1110110 0111110 11101110 11111010 110111111 011111 1111100 1110111 10011 1001101 11101 111101 101 0110011 1111111 1110 111111 1011110 111101 11111 10111101 1011110 1110 1110 1111110 11110 1110111 11110110 10 11111 10101111 101 1111110 101011 1011 0111011 10111 1111110 11101110 11101 1011110 101011 11101 101111111100 1110111 1110111 01111101 1010 1011111 11011110 11100 1110 111 1 111 1011 1011 01101 1111111 1111 011 11111010 110101 111110 11011111 1111 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; mig, og, min, du, har are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, skaan, bring are repeated.
The author used the same word herre at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines herre, ikke, n are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of David;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
