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

Fordømt! hvor finder jeg den usle Hytte?
Maaskee jeg alt er gaaet den forbi....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXbXcddXXcdXXXXXXefXXgegXXX XX Xg XX Xga XX XX XXX XX XX XgX XX Xa XX Xa XXX XX XXX XdXXfXXXbXXhhXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,2,2,2,3,2,2,3,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,3,2,3,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 11101110 1101111100 10111101 1111000110 011110111 11011111110 11111111 11 11011111 01111101 1110101010 111111111 10111011 111111111101 1101111 111111101 1001011101 1110111010 10101111010 1011110 1101100111 1100110101 10110101011 1111110110 1 011010100 110101101 111101110100 10101011011011100 1001111101 111111111 1111110101 111111010011 111011100 11010111111 111111111 110111011 101110 1110010111111111101100 11101 10 10 10 1100 10 10 10 11100 11001111 10 1101 10 0100 10 11 1101010101 10 101011001 10 110 10 110011010 110111101 10 1 10 11 10 1 10 1111 10 11 01 10 01 10 10101 100 10 10110110010 11110111110 11111111 111010111 110011101 110101011 1110001110 111110101 11111101 11100111110 11111011 11111111111 1101010010 1110111 1011010101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hindbad is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hindbad connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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