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

Vee den Vanhellige, hvis Haand
Formaster sig at løse Baand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXXXXXbbXXXXbXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXaXaXdXXdXbXXXXXXXXbXeeXXXXXbXcXXXXXffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 75,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 1001111 111011 11110110 1111011 1100100 11111111 1101111 111111 11111001 1001100 10011011 11010000 10111001 11111010 1111011 1010011 100101100 11110101 1100101 110101110 11011011 111111 10000111 1111101 1111101 1101111 1111001 1101110 110111010 11111101 111111 11111110 1111110 1001011 11011101 11011101 1101111 11011110 11111101 11111101 111111 11111011 1111011 111111 111111010 11111111 11111010 11011101 11101101 1011110 1101111 110100011 1101001 11110111 11110111 1101111 1110101 1101111 11011100 111111 1111101 11111111 1110110 11011111 110110110 11000111 11011110 111010110 1101110 1111010 11001101 11001101 11010111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 461
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, og, som are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines m, s are repeated).

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

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

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