This is an analysis of the poem Digterliv that begins with:
De gamle Eventyr fortælle
Os om den stakkels Askepot...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXaXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001 11110100 1101011 1111101 111111 1101111 011101 111111 1101111 0111111 1101111 1101111 11010010 11111101 110101100 11111101 1111111 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; og is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvis is repeated.
The author used the same word de at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word rige at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Digterliv;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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