This is an analysis of the poem Til Sundhedskilden Gik Jeg that begins with:

Til Sundhedskilden gik jeg
For dig, min Hjertenskjær!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXa XXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011 11110 110011 111100 110011 111101 11101 11111101 11011 110111 1111 111001 111101 1111 11110 111111 11111 111111 11111 110111 11101 11101 11111 11111 111111 111 11101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; jeg is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og 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 Sundhedskilden Gik Jeg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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