Af Studenters Rentekammer by Anders Christensen Bording: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Af Studenters Rentekammer that begins with:

Jeg gik fra første Barns Been af
I Skolen som jeg burde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXabXbXXXX XXXXXXXXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 110111 1111111 110110 111111 111111 1111101 111111 11111110 1100110 11111010 1101110 11111111 11111 10001001 101101 11011111 101101 1010011 101100 1101111 110110 111111 111101 11110101 100011 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; jeg, og, lad, sig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, det, lad are repeated.

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

  • summary of Af Studenters Rentekammer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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