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

Der sang en Sisken for min Dør,
det lød som Fløjt i Mosens Rør,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX XXXXXX XXbXXb XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 11111101 1100010 111111101 11011101 11110 11001100 111100 1100110 111111 111110 111010 11111111 1111111 111101 10111100 1101111 110011 1111111 0111011 1111 1111110 11111100 111111 0111111 11111100 11011 11011101 11111100 10111111 11110111 1100011 11011 11111100 1111110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; r is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og 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 r is repeated).

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

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

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