This is an analysis of the poem Fjerde Sang 1 that begins with:

Paa Vejen udstrakt følesløs han laa.
Peer Asen længe stod og paa ham saa;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXbXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXcdbaXX eXeXaaXXfXXeXe XbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXgXXcXcXXXXXXXX aXbXXgcXXXXcXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXaXeX XdXXXX XXdXXX XfcXXXXhah XXXXXXXccg cXXXbXXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,30,14,20,19,32,6,6,10,10,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110111111 1100011111 11011111 11011101111 11111101 1111111100 1101111111 1101111010 111111110 1110100010 1000110110 11111101 11111101 1101111111111 1101111100 110110010 1101111100 11010110001 11110111110 110111110 11101111 111011110 1111110111 11110111101 11011100110 111111111 110111010 110111111 111111011 1101010111 111101111 111111010 11111 1110111110 11011111 110101111 110001111 1111100110 110111111 10010101 11110111100 111110101 1110100100 1101111011 110111111 11101110101 110111111 11111100110 111110 10110011000 11111101 110110101110 1101101 1001111010 100011111 11011111 11110111 1111111101 011101111 101111101 11111 110111101 101101111 1101100011 010011111 11101111 11011110 111110111 1110011010 111111111 0111111111 111110101 100001 111111101 1110110110 10111101110 1110100111 100011111 1111011110 11100011100 01111 1111110 11110111010 1111011000 11111111001 11101011 111111111 101111101 110111111 1011111110 1011011 11011111100 1101110001 1011110 1111101 111101110 11111111 111111001 11111110 1111001110 111100001 11101110111 111011111010 1101111101110 11111011110 11011110 11111011 1111110 11111101 1111011111 11111111001 11011110101 111010001 111111101 1101111 111110111 1101011110 01111011 1111010110 111111 1111111111 111010101110 11110111111 1110111111010 11101111 10110001 111101111 11101111100 111111111 111110 111111110 111010011 110111101 111111110 1111111 1111111110 11111101101 11101001 111111010110 111000111 1101101000 110111111 110011111 111111001 111110111 11111010 11010110111 1100111101100 11111111010 11011111011 101101100 111111100 11111111101 1111111010 11011111010 11110001 111011010 101110010 1101011 10110101010 111111 1111011 1101110 111111110 11001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 166
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; han, er, den, jeg, re, de, ej, som, at, og, din, hvor are repeated.

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

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

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

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

  • summary of Fjerde Sang 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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