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

Borgeren
Du med Lyren om din Skulder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXaX XXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,2,10,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 01101110 111111 11101110 1010111 1000100 1011111 101111 101111 11100110 11111000 11111110 100 11101100 11111 1111101 1110100 101110 1111110 100 1011111 100 1001111 1011101 110011 1011101 110111 1010011 111101 101101 1011101 100 1110111 111111 1111100 1010111 100 10111 111101 11011011 10111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word uden is repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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