Slotsbrand by Viggo Stuckenberg: poem analysis

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

Fest blev der meldt, en Begravelsesfest,
Landet var Værten, og Folket var Gæst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXA XXXXX XbXbX XXXXX cXXcX XXbXb XXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110000 101111011 100111011 11011 11011 1011011011 111111001 110101101 11010 1101 10110011 1011011111 10110111 11011 11111 101101001 101101101 10101111 1111 11100 11011101 10111101 1011111011 11011 11101 11010111 11101111 0111101101 111 11110 1111110000 101111011 100111011 11011 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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