This is an analysis of the poem Til Storken that begins with:

Saa drager du ad fremmed Land,
Du lange Mand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXb XacdXX XaXXbX eeXXXX XXXffX aXXXXX ddXXXX XcaaXX XXXffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 011 11110 1001110 111 11110 0111010 111 11111 110111 0110 10111 11001111 1011 11101 1101011 11010 101101 1101011 11111 1101000 11111111 1111 111110 111111 1101 101111 10110110 1101 111110 1101111 1101 1111011 111111 1101 11111 1011111 1011 1011110 11110111 111 1101110 10111 1111 110111 10110111 0101 101111 1101011 1110 11111 111111111 1101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; du, og, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg 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 Til Storken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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