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

Krattet til højre, Marken til venstre,
Vejen slynger sig mellem begge,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXXXXX XbXbXXaX XXXXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXcXXX XXXcXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011 10101101 101111011010 111101 1011101 111001100 10111010 11111110110 100111100 1101111 1101110110 11111111 1111111010 1101101100 11110111 1110100111110 010110101100 10001101100 01111011110 1011101100 011110010 11111011110 11110111111 1111110 111111110 11101101101 1011111101 110110111 1011111111 10111110010 111011011110 1101111110 101101010 1101011010 11111101 1101111100 10101111010 011010000 10111001 10110100100 1011000101 0100111 10101110 1111010110 101111110 11011111000 1111010010 110111111 111101100 11110111 110111111 111111001 111101110 11111011000 10100010101 11100101100 1111011000 11011010100 111111110110 1110001010 11000110 101011000 1111101110 111111010 10110111110 101110111 1110011001 1111110 10111011100 111111100 01101011 11111000110 101111111 101111110 1111111 11110110 110011100 111111100 1100101110 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med, han, og, vi, det, er, de, saa are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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