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

Paa denne Kildemarkedsplads,
Her mellem Boder, Skuur og Telte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXabXXXXaXXXXXXcXcXXXXcXcXXXXXXXbXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110000 01010111 11011100 111111 111101 10110111 11110001 1001110 111110 11111010 110011 110100010 11100111 11111111 1101111 1111001 10101111 110100110 01111111 0101110 11011111 100101110 11010111 11010110 1101111 11010110 11111101 10111010 01110100 1111110 10011101 1111011111 0111111 1111110 1111111100 1110101 1111111 1101111 111101110 1111111 1111100 1000111 101111 110011 1111111 111001100 111101 111001010 11011100 110111110 11011101 10010100 11011101 11111010 111111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1782
  • Average number of words per stanza: 342
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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, hist, her, d, r are repeated.

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

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

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

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