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

Føret var prægtigt, Vejret smukt,
Grønttorvet bugned af Blomster og Frugt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX aa XX bb XX cX XX XX cc XX XX Xd XX XX XX XX XX XX XX dd XX XX XX XX XXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 101011011 111111100 111110110010 11101011 111111111 111101101 1101101111 1110111 10110001 101110110 110110100 111111001 101111111 11111111 11111100 1111111 1110111110 1111111 1011110 10111111 111111 1111111100 1110111110 1110001111 1101110011 1011110100 101011110 111110111 1101111 1110111 10101111 0110101 1111101 101011110 1111010000 10111101 1101111 111101111 110110111 111111011 111111011 101111100 111011100 11101100 11111101 11101100 111111010 111011000 111111010 11111100 1110110010 1011111101 1111011 1100110000 1111010 1111111110 1111010110 11111000010 11001111010 111101101 11111111 11001111100 1111001000 100001111 1110100001 1100101111100 11111010 101111111 110110101 1111101111 110011101 1111100011 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 37
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, den, jeg, og, som, en, sv, rt, for, var, det are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word den 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 k, rt, bt are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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