This is an analysis of the poem Kunsternes Grundforskiellighed that begins with:

Til Kunsten hører, som til Poesien,
Forstanden, Følelsen og Phantasien;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 100101100 11010111 11101001 10010111000 11001010000 1011001110 110010010 11011100100 1110111010 11001000110 1101010110 01011100110 1011011110 1101111101 1110011001 111110110 1101010110 101100111 1001110101 11010011100 1111001000 011100100 1101110010 11101110 11100111000 1100011111 1101010101 1111001000 1110000110 1100100010 0101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og, med are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, ret, der are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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