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

I Dalen der, hvor Veien bugter
Fra Skoven ned mod grønne Vang,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXX XXXXXXXX bXbXXXXX XaXaXcXc XXXXXXXd XeXeXXXX cXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XdXdXXXX XXXXXfXX XXXfXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 1101111 110101110 1110111 110110 11011111 11110111 1111101 10010011 1100111 10111111 1111111 11111001 1110100 11111101 11010110 110011 11011100 111111 111101 1111110 11011111 110011100 11011111 001101110 1110101 1111110 1111101 111100110 1100100 11111110 1111010 1111110 011111 1111111 1111100 1111111 1110011 1101110 111110 1110110 11011001 111111 1101101 11110110 0111111 11010100 11011100 1101110 11001100 111101100 111111 111101010 1111110 110111010 11010011 1110110 11010111 111101110 110111111 1111101 11010101 1111101 1111111 11011100 11010101 1101111 11001101 11010100 1111111 111111 011111101 1111111 10110111 1111001 1110111 11111 11111 11010111 1101110 1111101 1110010 111101 111011 011111 1111101 110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; og, denne, min, med are repeated.

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

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

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

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