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

En Egn med øde Markers milevide
jordflade Bølger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XaXXXXXX XXXXXb XbXX XXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100 101 111100 110001111 1111101 11111101 1110111 1100010111 111011100 10111101 1101010111 111011001 1100011101 110110100 11011010110 1101 1001011101 10010111110 11110 101111101 1111011101 111111 111111111111 111110111 1101011 110101110101 11111110 1100010101 1110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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