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

Sextendedeelen kun af en fortryllende Maaned
Skiænkte mig sildigen her i Glædernes Iil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000011110010 1110001101 1111011110110 101110101 110101110101 1111111010 10111111111111 11101101111 1000110111111 11110111011000 10111011100111 101101111011 1111010111111 100001111111101 1011011111101 1011111101111 1101111111010 100101110111 10101110110 1111101000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1061
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, af are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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