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

At jeg ikke blot, hvad Mængden hylder,
Men endog, hvorpaa den Viise seer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXaaXX XXXXX XaXXXX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,5,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11010111 01101110 1110111010 11110111 11101101 1110111 11000111 10111111 110001100 10011011 111010101 11111111 101011001 11011101 1111101110 111110110 11111001 101111110 111011011 10111100 1111111 11010111 10110110 111111101 1111101110 1111111010 111011000 1111111100 111110100 1110110 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; jeg, mme, i, ved are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

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