This is an analysis of the poem En Hytte that begins with:

Her gad jeg boe og bygge,
Til jeg var træt og skulde døe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXbX XcXc XdXd XXXX XXXX XXbX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1111110 11001 11111 11111 11011111 11111 11011 11110 11111100 110110 11111 11111 11010111 110111 11111 111101 11010101 10101 111111 110100 10010111 1101110 100100 11011 111111 10011111 111101 11110 11011101 11110 1111111 110111 1111011 01101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; t, og, hvor are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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