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

Den værste Kunstens Fiende her paa Kloden,
Som den forstyrrer, skiuler, det er Moden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXb XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110 11100101010 111111110 11111100010 1101110100 1001111000 1101111010 1101111010 111111101 10111001110 111111100 1101011000 101010110 110101111 111101111 100111111 111110011 1110011110 110111111 111110111 110111101 11111101 1101111101 11111001 11111111010 11001100100 1001110110 11011111 1110110010 111011111 111011111 111111110 1111101100 1111111000 110001111 111111011 110111011 11111100 110111011 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvad 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kker, get, ver are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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