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

O, Lindetræ! med ranke Krop,
Med kongelige Krone, -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXbX bXbX XcXc XcXc XaXX XXXX XXdc XXXX XXbX XXXX XXbX XXXX dXdX dXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 110010 0111111 110110 01111101 10111 111011 110110 1111101 101101 1111111 111111 11011111 1111 01110101 110110 0101111 1101110 111111 110010 0100111 1000110 1101111 1110110 11100101 111110 11100111 1111110 1100110 110001 11100111 110111 110110 1101100 1101011 111100 111110 1100010 1100111 1101110 1101101 11111 110111 111100 1111101 1101100 11111101 1101100 11001101 110111 11011111 11111 111001 110111 0101111 11011 11111100 0100100 11010111 1111100 111111 101101 10001010 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; med, er, og, du are repeated.

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

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

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

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