This is an analysis of the poem Den Tredje Oktober 1885 that begins with:

Det knitred frem, det blussed op derude,
hvor Folket stille mødes Mand med Mand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXXXa XXXXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110110 11011111 1111111100 1111000100 1111101010 111010101 11101101010 1111010011 11000111010 11011100 1100011010 1101110101 111101101 1111110001 1111111000 110111101 11011110000 11101 11011111000 101111111 1101010110 1111110001 1101111010 110101101 1111111000 1111111 11111110 111101111 110110011 1101001101 111010111 1111101 1101111000 11110111 1101011100 110111101 011011111 101111101 1101111001 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.

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

  • summary of Den Tredje Oktober 1885;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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