This is an analysis of the poem Broget Løv that begins with:

Se, jeg rækker Dig en Krans
Af de dugbesprængte Blade,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXXXXX XXXX XXXbXXXXXXXXXXcc XadX XXXXXXXXXX XadabXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,16,4,10,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 10101 1011101 100011 1011111 110011 111101 1000101 10110010 110011 101111 11111110 101110 111011 11101010 11111111 1100110 11111111 11111100 101111 10111010 111101 1011101 1001100 11111000 1010100 1111100 111111 1011110 11101110 1011010 1010001 1010111 1011100 1110101 1010111 111100 1110111 101101 1010101 1101101 1011111 1111110 111110 1111110 11111010 1011111 001011111 001011111 110111 001111111 11101110 1101100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mit connects the lines.

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

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

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