Anraabelse by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen: poem analysis

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

Har jeg min Bue velspændt og i Koggeret træffende Pile?
Und mig, Fjerntrammer, at føre et Mesterskud . Føbos Apollon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,13,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110011 111001111001100 101111001101010 1101011110101 1111111010111100 11110110111 1111 1101010111011 10110101110101 101101110111 11111101111 1011111110110 1001100011110010 10100011110010 1000110011010 1011111011110110 1101110101010110 11111101101010 111111111101101 111111001101 111010101111111 1011001110110110 1111010111011010 10011111111110 1011101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, de, den, d, efter, jeg, et are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Anraabelse;
  • central theme;
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  • critical appreciation.

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