This is an analysis of the poem Ellekongen that begins with:
Hvo rider saa silde mod Skoven frem?
Der er en Fader, der skynder sig hjem....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX aaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 1011011011 110111011 11011111011 110110110010 1101001011 10001110110 11010101000 0111111 11011111 11101101 11011011010 1101101101 110001110 110110011 1011011101 11110011 11111111 11011101 0111110000 1101101101 0111110100 110110110 10101011010 11011001011 11001110110 11011011011 100101110 1101011011 110110111 1111011011 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; han, min, datter, de, jeg, den are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, min are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, d are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ellekongen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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