This is an analysis of the poem Tre Om Een that begins with:

Der roede tre Matroser fra Skib imod Strand;
De var just komne hjem fra fremmede Land....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb Xa XX XX XX Xc cX aX Xd XX XX XX XX XX ee ff dd aX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110011101 011111101 101011110111 11011111 101111001011100 1010100101 010111011 1101111111 1101111111 1001111111 1111111111 111111010101 1111110110111 11111011010 110111011010 1111111111 10111011011 111111001 111111011010 111111011 100111011111 1111111111 111110110111 1111111110 11110110111 11101111101 111111111 11101100011 110110110111 11101101111 111111111 11010111110 111111111 10101011011 1111111111 1101011111 11001110011 111111011101 01101101101 11111110001 1111001111 1111111101 11110111101 1111111111 111100111101 11111011111 11111010011 101101011111 001011111 1111111110 11011111101 10100011111 11011110110100 11100011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; var, de, deres, for, og, saa, vi, til, d, hende, med, at, nu are repeated.

    The author used the same words deres, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines g, groer, d are repeated).

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

  • summary of Tre Om Een;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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