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

Jeg grebes ej af Rædsel ved din Stemme,
Selv naar den lød som Fatums i mit Øre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXaaXX XXXXXXXXXXX bXcXcabXXbXaaaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 111111011111 1111011111 110000010 10011111 1110011111 11110100 111111111 1111100111 100100111 11110111111 110100111111 111111011 11110100 111111100 1101111000 1110011 11001101000 1101010111 111100100 1111010101 111111111 11101110 01111110 110100100 111101111 0101110111 011100011 1111111 1111000110 111110111 11111111 111100110 110111111 1111111111 1101101 111110111 110001011 111100101 11010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; af, det, i, dem are repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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