This is an analysis of the poem Til En Veninde that begins with:

Der er en Trolddom paa din Læbe,
Der er en Afgrund i dit Blik,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 10110111 10110111 111010 10110111 1011111 10111100 10110111 101111010 11000111 10111100 1110111 10110111 110101 11100110 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; der, en, er are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word der 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 Til En Veninde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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