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

Gennem Moser og raslende Siv vi gaa
Med Bøsser og vældige Støvler paa...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX XaX XXX XaX XXX XXX XXX XXX aaX aaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110111 111111 1100 1010111 11101001 1100 1111111 110111001 1100 101011011 1111110101 1100 101011100 111111011 1100 110110111 110110110 1100 1111110 10110110101 1100 1110111011 11101110 1100 11111010 11110111 1100 110111111 101101100 1100 11101111 1110110111 1100 11110111 1011111 1100 111010111 101111011 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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; i, r, den are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word maaneskin at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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