This is an analysis of the poem Reisen Til Korsør that begins with:
Jeg i mit forrige hastfulde Brev
Min Ankomst her til Trolleborg Dem skrev,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaaXbXbcXXX XXdX eXXXc XfXXXXXXXaXXXfXXaaXXX XXXfXXXfXfXXX XXXfXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXgeeggXd hXXXXXXXXXdXX XgXXXiXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXiXdX XXXXXXgXhgfXXXXXXXfXXXgXXXgXXXX XiXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,5,21,13,27,13,8,9,8,31,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110101 1100110011 11111111 111111101 110111110111 11111111 11110100111 110111101101 11101111 1011 1111 11011001 101110011 10111111 1110110111 1111110111 111111101 11010100 1101100100 1111111 1101110110101 1111011110 1111111 111111100 100100 1100111000 1111111 1111101 10101111 11001001 11110110 11111111101 101111101 111110111 1111110111 10100101 1110111 11111110 111101111 1101111 101111011 11111100 1101010110 11011101 111110110 11110111110 10111111 11111011 1100101111 111110000 1100011111 110111111 1111011 10111111 1111100 11110111 111110111 10101111 1011011101 1101101 1111100111 11010111101 111001110000 11001101000 11 11111110 11011111101 1111011 111101111 1111101 11111001 11 110001110010 011111 11010111 11001111 1111101 1000111000 1110110111 1101110111 11011011111 11110101010 1110111101 1101111111 1111011100010 111100110010 11010100 1100011 1101111101 1110111111 111111111 1100110 110111001 11111111 1111101111 111101 111111100 1110110110 110011111 11101011 11111110 1101111 1111011110 11110101 11010111 1101011110 1101111111 11110111010 111011010 1101101110 11001111 1101011001 111011101 1101011101110 100101111 111110100 1101011101 10110111111 11001101 11 11110111110 1101110010 111010101 11111110 11111110011 111111111011 1011010111 10111010 1110111 11011001010 11010111110 1001111001 1111111010 101111 1101110101 11111110 111101111 1101011111 1101110001 101111101 10110111 10111011 1110000110 1111110111 1111011101 1101010110 11110110 111101010 110111110 111010 1101111110 1101111010 1011000110 101110 11011111 1111110 1110101010 11001101100 1101100101 100111101111 11110111101 1110111110 10110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 163
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, jeg, og, af, vi, at, nu, min, d, er, forbi are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words af, jeg are repeated.
The author used the same words jeg, vi 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 r, det, kke, d are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word forbi 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 var connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Reisen Til Korsør;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Jens Baggesen
- Analysis of Remmen Af Huden
- Analysis of Revolutionen
- Analysis of Riim-Trøstebrev Til Herr Conferentsraad Blicherolsen
