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

Nu god Nat! — Gaa ind, min Frue!
Staa ei uden Shawl og Hat;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaaXX XXXaXbXX XcXcXXcX dXXXXXXX efcgdada XXXaXXdX dXdXeXeX XhXhXXXX XiXijXXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XhXXXiXX aXXXXXXX XfXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXaXXXk dXdXXXXX XXdXhXXX dXdXXXXX fafaXXXX dXXXXXXX XXXXXcXX XhXhaXXX XXejgXXj XdXXdXXX XXXXXaXX hXXjXXdX Xkh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1110111 111111 111111 1110101 1110111 111 1111111 1110101 1010101 1010110 1111101 11011011 1100101 010 11111 0110111 1011111 1011111 11111 1011111 101011 111 1111100 10101010 1111 1001100 11010 100100 101011 100 1011110 1111111 1111111 11101 1110100 1001110 0111111 1110 1111101 111101 1011110 1110110 1010111 1011000 111110 1010 1011100 1110110 111111 1111110 11111 1011111 101111 011 101110 111111 101011 1011101 111111 111011 111101 10 11111 101111 1101011 11110 100111 1111010 1111101 11 1101111 101111 101110 111111 101111 101110 101111 1010 111111 111111 111111 10101111 1011110 10001111 101011 111 1111001 101111 11111 111101 1110111 111111 1010111 101 10011010 01111110 1100011 0111010 1110111 1110010 11111 1010 011110 111101 1111010 1111101 11101110 111110 11111 111 1010100 01111010 10111 1111110 111111 101101 1010111 101 1001101 1011111 100111 101111 111010 10011110 1111101 1010 1011101 1110111 101111 101111 101111 010111 1010101 101 11111 1010010 101101 11101110 111001 10101111 1111 1011 010111 11111010 11111 11101110 111001 10111010 11111 1110 110101 1110110 10111 11111010 111011 111001 111001 101 10111 1111010 1010111 0110110 1011101 111101 1110111 101 1011101 1011110 11111 10111000 1010111 1111100 101100 1110 111010 11111 111111 111101 111111 11001 1110111 111 101101 11111 101011 101111 1010111 101111 1011111 101 101111 1110101 11111 1110111 11101 11111010 10111 101 101101 1101101 111110 101111 11111 11111010 111101 1010 101100 1111110 11101110 1101101 111111 1011101 1111101 110 111111 10101110 1110101 111110 101111 11111 101111 1010 1111101 11101 1010111 111101 100010 1111111 11111 111 0011110 11100110 1010111 11101100 1011001 11000110 10111 1010 1110011 110101 1011110 110111 0111010 111011 1011100 111 1110010 10111010 0110111 111110 111101 11101110 1101101 1110 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 256
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, n, den, han, jeg, veed, i, de, vi, hvad, det are repeated.

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

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

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

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