This is an analysis of the poem Den Drømmende Pan that begins with:

Med Fløiten hængt i grønne Grene,
Og Staven henslængt ved din Fod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab XXXX XXab XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXc XXXX dXXX XXXc XXdX Xeae XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1101111 11011101 1111111 1111111 11000111 101111 1100111 110101110 11010111 111101010 1111101 1101111 111111 11100111 1111101 11011101 11011111 1111100 1111101 111101100 1111111 111111010 1111011 11111110 111111 11111110 111011 11010101 1101111 1100111 1111111 111111000 11011001 1111010 1110101 0111110 1111101 1001111 1101111 111001100 11110001 110101010 11011001 110101010 110110 1111110 1101111 11011111 11111011 1111101 1100111 111010 111111 11111101 11010111 111111 11010011 1100011 11111101 11100110 100111 110101010 10011111 1101110 11011111 11110101 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hans, i, det, og are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Den Drømmende Pan;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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