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

Hvorfor søger du bestandig Himlen,
Utaknemmelige Daare?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 100001 10110 10010 1110111000 11111111 1111010110 11100110 1111 1011 111111010 11100110 1111111010 111111 11111 11100 111011110 1110111 111011101 1011101 11111 11101 1111111 101111 11101111 111111 10111 1011111 10111100 1110110 10111101 1011111 11110 1111111 1111111101 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; har, jeg, d are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg 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 d is repeated).

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

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

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