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

Jeg ofred til Apoll paa Bredden af Castale,
Hvor Gratierne mødte mig i Dands;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX XbbXX XXXXX XcXXc aXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110110 1101111 1101110111 1111110101 1011111 1001100100 110111000 1101111110 1111111100 11010111 0111011110 11011111 11111101001 110111100 110111 10111110 111111101 101110111 10011110 101011 1011111011 10010111 1001110110 11011011 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; med, den, sang are repeated.

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

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

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