This is an analysis of the poem Den Betydningsfulde Taushed that begins with:

Umuelig kan jeg lade reise
Papa tilbage til vor Skov...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXcdcXX XcXXXXXXXXXXcbcbXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdadXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 1010111 111111 1111111 1111111 11010110 1101111 1111011 101111010 1111101 1111111 1101101 11110100 1111111 110101110 1011101 111100010 1101111 1111011 11110110 1111110 1111111 0101111 10010111 1001111 1111101 11111110 11100100 11111100 111111 11111111 1110011 111010010 1110101 11111011 11011111 11100011 1100111101 111011 1100111 11111111 11110100 11111010 101011 11110110 1110011 1111111 1111111 1100011 1111111 1111111 1111101 1111101 1011111 010001110 11010111 110001110 1111110 1101111 1111101 10001111 1100111 1111100 1111101 1111100 1110010 100110110 111101010 111101110 0101011 1111101 1110011 1111111110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of Den Betydningsfulde Taushed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Jens Baggesen