This is an analysis of the poem Ærkebiskop Turpin that begins with:

Vi sørged for de døde;
Paa Ronceval de blev blandt Klipper øde....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXXX XXXX bbXX XXcX XXXX XacX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1100011100 0111 111000111 111111 110100111 110101 1101110 110111 110100111 111110 11010101110 110011 11001111 110111 11111111 11111 11111011100 110101 111110111 111111 111110111 1101110 110011110 1111110 111011111 110111 1111110100 11111 111111111 11101 101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; de, den, jeg, vi are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, re, rke, rste, ren, den, je are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases de, den connect the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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