This is an analysis of the poem Det Snevre Pas Mellem Biergene that begins with:

Der kommer han! Jeg hører alt hans Fied,
Han gaaer belæsset, langsomt, tynget ned...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXXXXaXXbcXXXXXXX cXd XXe ccbd XXXX XXXcXd ecXX cfXdX XX XXX XXXXaXXXXXXfXcXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,3,3,4,4,6,4,5,2,3,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 111010101 110111101 1111111101 1101110110 1101011101 111110111 11001111 11111000 1111011101 10011000 1010111101 110101111 11001110011 0111011101 110101011 1011011110 010111111 1111010101 111111101 1101101101 010110 001111101 11111 100 11110 11111111 010 11101011 01110011010 1111111 100 1111110111 111001110 1110001110 0101000 111111111 110111101 111101011 111110101 1111011101 100101 111111110 11110101110 10110 010 1111 111111011 111110101 111111101 100 11011011110 01010 111110101 1010011 100 111001101110110110 011110111 1010110 111001001 10101111110111110 111111101 010101011010 111110110 1101001110 100111101 11111011 11111111 1100110101 1001110110 111010001 110111101 001110111 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; saa, og, f, den are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Det Snevre Pas Mellem Biergene;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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