This is an analysis of the poem Er Du En Christen? — Spurgte Du Mig Nylig that begins with:
Er Du en Christen? — spurgte du mig nylig -
Hvadeller en fortvivlet Hedning?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aXXXX aXXXX XXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011010110 100110010 1111111110 11111100 1 1101110110 11111110 1101001100 11100010 1 111111011 11110111 1101001111 11100001 1 1101111 1111011 11101011 11000011 1 1111000110 11111111 11101111101 11011101 1 110111111 1011101 111010110 110110111 1 1011111100 11010101 1110110110 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; som is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, maa are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Er Du En Christen? — Spurgte Du Mig Nylig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
