This is an analysis of the poem Prolog [du Kom - En Tindrende Strøm Af Sol] that begins with:

Du kom — en tindrende Strøm af Sol,
et jublende Vejr!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccXdeX XXeXXXXX XXXXeeXeX XXXXXXXX XXXdXXXXf XXdX XaXXa XXXeeX XXXXXXggXX XfefeeXXffXXe XXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,9,8,9,4,5,6,10,13,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 1101 01111111 11011101 111110111 11111101 100101101 110111 110111011 1101111 11011011 1111111010 0110111 110111111 01110110 11111110 10111011 11111111 10110101 110111101 110111 11001101 1001011011 110111111 11001111011 01111111 11101 1001010 11111 1001010 1110110 1111110 1010111 1101111101101 111111 11110110 110110111 111110110 11110110 11111 1111111 10010 11011111 11111110 1111011 111011111 011101111 11110110 101101101 110111101 1011101 10100101 101111001 11110111 10101101 10111011 100111111 101101101 1111101 1001011001 11111011 10111111 111011111 1111101 11111101 11011101 110111011 1110100111 111111101 11111 11101110 0101101101 110011110 110101111 1111011001 1111010 01111110 111011010 1101101110 1101101 01011111 10011011 1110101 101011 1110111 0101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; det, er, som are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase du connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Prolog [du Kom - En Tindrende Strøm Af Sol];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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