De Glemte Støvler by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem De Glemte Støvler that begins with:

Jeg er ei rigtig i min Krop,
Saalidt som i den Kno paa Fingren,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaaXaXXaXXa XXXXbbXcXXXXXXXXcXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 101111110 1101111 111111000 1111111 11111101 10111111 11010111 1101011 1010111 11111101 11010100 1111101 11011101 1001111 11111001 111111 011111 11111001 11110111 11111101 1110101 1111011 11111 1100111 1111001 1001111 100111 111101 11100111 11111101 11010111 11010111 11011101 11010111 1101110 11011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, jeg, og, naar, er are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kker, vler are repeated).

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

  • summary of De Glemte Støvler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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