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

Svagt suser Bækken hist.
I Bladet Vinden gynger....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXb XXXX XXXX bXXc dXXd bXXX bXXb eXXX XXeX XXXX bXXX bXXX eXXX dXXX XbXa cbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1101010 1001010 1111 110111 101101 110111 110111 111110 0110100 111111 110111 100111 1111100 111110 11011 11111 0111100 111010 111110 111101 111101 1111 111110 11001 1111 11101 110101 111101 110101 11011 110111 11111 10011 11111 111000 1111 11011 11101 101101 100100 1111 110111 1011010 11011 11110 110110 111101 110100 11111 111111 11011110 110101 1111 1110 11011 11111 1111 1101111 11100 1111010 1111110 1101110 110111 1111011 111 111111 111101 110110 11001 01010 11101 11011 1111 1101100 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word med 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 nne, de, lder are repeated).

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

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

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