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

Det blæser en Snestorm derude!
Det gisper og hviner, det sukker og stønner,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXbbXX XXXXXXcXX XdXd XXXXccX eXXX eXaXXeeX XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,9,4,7,4,8,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11011011011 1101101 1101101 110100110 1111010 11110 110 1101111010 111111011 11111111 1101011011 1101 101011 111101111 101111011 1011001 110101011 1101101 110111111 11101 111001011 1111011 1110111 11111 110101101 11010011111 1111 1101101 10101011 110110111 1101101 110101111 11111101 110111111 111 101111101 1101111001 1111 110011 11011011010 110101110 10101 101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; det, og, der, i, flokke are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, og, i are repeated.

    The author used the same words det, og 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 Snestorm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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