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

Kløften lukker sig, og Stien slipper...
jeg er Fange....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X XbXXX X XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXbX aXXXXc cXXXXXX XaXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,1,6,9,5,6,7,7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 101 11110 111101101 101 1010 1011101000 001010110 111000110 11011 110 1110011 111111100 10111010 1110111 10110100 1111010 1110101110 1011101 1011 101011110 1110 01111110 111101110 11110110010 11011110 1011 1110 0111111110 101101 111101 111011 10010 111001001 1100001 1110110 110100 111011111001 10110101 111011010 11010110 11011010 1000110 1111011 101110 11010101 11010110 11101 110111 101010 1110 111111 110111010 11101101110 11010111 1111100 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; liv, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg 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 verden, liv, elskov are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase liv connects the lines.

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

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

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