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

Du vundet har min Priis, formastelige Giætter,
Din egen nemlig. Vel! du veed mit Nei og Ja....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXb XXcd XXXX efXX XgXg XhXh Xici XfXf XiXX XeiX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX eXeX XXXh XXXX XXXX XXhX XXXX XXXX eXeX Xeae eXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XjXX XXXX XXXX kXkX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XeXe adaX XXdX XXdX XgXX XXXX XXhh iXiX XXXX aXXX XXXX XfXX XjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111100010 11010101111111 0111111101100 11111111100 1101111110 11011111000 100110111100 11111111 110111110110 1000111111 1011111011 1101110101011 1101111011 1111011011100 01011001101 111100100100 1111010111101 11010101011 1100011111100 110001101111 1100111100100 111101110101 11011110111 11111100101 01010111001 01011101011 11010111100 100101111101 101101110111 11000110100 01111110101 1111111111100 11110111001 11011111111 01011111101 111111010110 11111111111 11100110111 11101110101 110111100001 01100011110 11111110101 11111110111 110111110101 1101011100010 110101110111 1100011101010 11111110110 11011110001 1111111110 1101110111111 110111111110 110001110001 110100110100 0101111111 110100111110 1111101110001 11000111111 11101111101 1111101111 11101110011 11101110110 10010100001 110110110101 101101100100 101011010 111001111110 111011111101 11010110110 110100111101 101111111010 111101111 11110111001 01010111011 111101011100 11010111111 111100110111 10010111100 111100101001 111111111 111110111010 11011111100 1101011101000 110101110111 10011111101 1111001111111 111000110101 1100111011 11111111001 11110111011 110101111111 11011110101 1111110100 11111011 11111100010 1111011101 1111111101110 1101011111 1101111011010 111001110 111000110110 11010011111 111011110010 1101111101 11010111111100 11101100100 11110011101 11011111111 111111111 1001111111 1110011100 11011110000 111101110010 1111111110101 110100111110 111100011100 1111011001010 11011111011 11111111000 11001110001 1111111010 1110011001 11110011010 11011110100 11011111101 1111111111 1011110101 11100111011 110101101110 11100110101 1101111101100 11010111011 110011111001 11100100100 1111111011 11111110011 110101111 11110111111001 11011111111 11110111111 110111111100 111101110100 111101111000 111101110110 11110110100 1011100111 1110111101 1001111011 1011111111 11011100111 11111101110 11111110011 11110111011 11110111011 11110110001 11011101011111 1110011100010 1110110111 11111111110 111101111001 10101100101 101000110100 1111110111101 01000111110 101101101101 110000111 10001110011 111010111110 111011111111 1110110111 11001111111 1110011111 111101100001 110101111101 11111110111 110101100100 11011110111 11010111100 1111110111 11101011101 1111011011 11110111010 111100111011 110101110110 10111111010 111001001 1100011101100 1110111011 1011110110010 101101110101 110101011010 111111111 110111101001 1111111111 111111110111 1101111111 101100011110 110101010111 1100011101110 110111100111 1101010101010 110100111101 111111110110 10010111101 1101111011 1000011100 110011101010 1110111010 1100011101000 11011110001 11011110100 1111011101101 1111110110 10111110111 1011101111 11101101101 1111111011 1101111011 1110100110 110001110111 1111101011 11010111011 11000011001 110100110001 110101110101 110100110101 11010111111 11110001111 110111111111 11001111110 11111110111 1011110111 0101011111010 111111111 1101111101100 101111101011 10101101111 1011001110100 10111011111 101111101110 10111011011111000 101110010110 10111011100100 110111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 61
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 244
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, og, din, tter, gi, som, i, den, paa, dem, med, ski, ndt, d, l, mod, at, hans, af, tie, det, end, jeg, hvad, seer, mig, meer are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, hvad, har, med, ski, jeg, sluk, meer are repeated.

    The author used the same words see, sandt, tie, det, hvad, meer at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word tie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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