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

Jeg bar en Foraarsmorgen
Min Mælkespand og sang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXc XXXX XXde XXXd cXXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XfXf XXXX XeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000 11011 01100 110101 111001 110111 111111 11101 11110 111001 111010 11111 101110 111111 11111 111111 11111 11111 1101110 111101 1100110 11011 111010 011101 1111110 11011 11111 111111 11011 1111 11111 101111 1111110 1111 111101 101100 111111 11110 10110 01111 1001110 11111 110111 11111 10111 11111 111111 10111 111111 111111 1011000 11101 1111110 111111 1101110 11011 1111010 101111 111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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; t, de, jeg are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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