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

Og har jeg bejlet iblandt til din Gunst
og tændt i dit Følge min Kærte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX aXaX bXbX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111 1111111 1101101001 111101111 1111111111 011111 1111111001 1111101 0111010001 010111111 111100101 11111011 111110101 111010010 1101000101 111010000 01110001 111111 11110111 111100 1111111101 1111110 11011011011 1110010 11111001001 1111110 101111101 11111101 1111000101 1110110 11011011001 101101011 1101111101011 111011 11001011011 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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