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

Jeg gik mig ud over Byens Bro,
En tidlig Aftengang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX XXXbXXaX cXcdXdXd eXXXXXXX XXXXeXeX dXXXeXeX XXXeXXXX XXXXXXeX XXcXbdXX XXeXdcXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 110100 10011111 1101111 1101111 110110 11011111 110001 1011011101 11111 111001001 11011 100001110 101100 110111010 11100 1101111 111100 0110111 11101 1111100 1111 110101100 11011 111101 111011 1111100 11011 11111011 111101 1111111 111010 11011011 111111 11110100 11001 110011101 111101 11111101 1111 11101100 110111 1111011 110100 11111111 11111 11110001 11101 11110110 1100011 111011000 11101 1111100 111101 1111110 11111 111101 110101 110110 111001 111111 011101 10011101 11011 111111 1101101 11111100 111101 1101011 110111 111111 101111 1101111 110011 11001111 11111 1100101 110101 1111111 110101 1111101 110110 1111011 110001 11111101 110111 1110111 110111 1101110 100111 10011101 110101 1111101 110111 1111001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • 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; nu, og, var, er are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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