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

Det lyder for mig tit, som om der bæver
ud over Verden Stumper af en Sang,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX bXbX cXXX XaXa XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111111 1101010111 11110101111 1110101 1011101 1111011 110111101 11010111111 1101110010 11110111 11011101110 110111001 101111111 111110111 1111011100 110101101 1101011101 11011101 1101011111 11111101 111011110 111101110 011111110 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, d are repeated.

    The author used the same word det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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