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

Her, hvor disse Bakker skraane,
Og i Søens Dyb sig speile -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXbX aXXX XXXX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 111111 10111 10111 011111 1011110 01111010 11100110 1100010 10111110 11111111 11101010 0111111 111010 1111110 111110 10101111 100011 11101110 1111111 1111110 1111100 1110110 111110 101111 1001110 1110111 1111110 1110111 11111 100011 1111010 10111110 1011111 1111010 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; sidste, han, hans are repeated.

    The author used the same words her, 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 Enken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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