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

Lig en gammel tandløs Krykkemo'er
vandrer Eventyret om i Verden...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXaX bXXXXXXXXbX XXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,17,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011000 1010001110 11011111 1001111 1111111 111111000 101111 11111110 10001101 10001001 1011010110 100110111 11111101 111101111 11111110 111011110 11101010 1010101000 1111110 101001110 1111111 11101111 10101111111 1111110 101110110 11110010 11110001 10101011 101101110 10111011 1001101000 11001111 1111101110 11111111 111011 101100111 1011011000 1100101 11111 11101111 10010111 1111101 111111 1110111 11111101 100110101 1111111 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ber is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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