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

Hver Aftenstund ved Solnedgang
en Solsort fylder med sin Sang...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbb bXXX aaXX XXXX XbXX XXaX XXXX bXXX XXcc bbXX Xbdd XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100 11010111 111111 11011101 1111111 11011101 1101011 11010101 1111111 11001100 1001101 1111110 01111101 11111111 01011101 1110100 01111111 11010111 11111101 10010111 01111111 11011111 11111111 10011101 11010011 11011111 1101111 11001100 1110111 11010101 011111 11010101 0101011111 11110101 11111111 1101000 11111111 1111101 11110111 11110111 11110111 1101111 11110011 1101111 01011100 11110110 11111101 11110101 01111101 01001101 111111010 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jt, saa, og, d are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word du 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 jt, d, ld are repeated).

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

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

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