This is an analysis of the poem Fiskerkonens Sang that begins with:

Paa Stranden staae de grønne Træ'r
Og vinke fremmed Smakke;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX aaXX XXXX XXXb XbXb XXXX XXXX cXcX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 11101 11011101 11111 1111111101 11111 1011111 111101 11111 111011 11010111 11111 11011101 1111110 1010111 1100110 1111101 11011 111100 111 1111111 1111000 1101111 111110 11011101 110111 1111111100 110111 11101101 111001 1111101 11001 1101011 11110 1111101 11110 11110100 1101110 1011100 1101110 111111 110001 10111 11011 0111111 1101010 01010111 1111000 010111 1111111 011111 11111 1111101 11101 1101111110 110111 111111 111101 1011101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; det, jeg, min are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word her 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 Fiskerkonens Sang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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