This is an analysis of the poem En Arabesk that begins with:

Har du faret vild i dunkle Skove?
Kjender du Pan?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXXXXX XXXbXXXcdX XXXXXXbXcXXcXXXX EFXXXaXXEF XXXXXDDXXXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,16,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 1001 1111 110101 10111 11111101 11001111 11110 1101 10111 111010 10101001 10111 111010 111111111 111110 1111 1110 111100101 100111010 011001 101101 11001111 10111 11001 11101 11110 1011111 110101 11111010 101101 111111 11111 1011 111010 11 1111 1101 111111101 11111 11110110 111100010 111010 11 1010 1111 1111 101101 10111 111 111 101011 11111 011 1111 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et is repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase et connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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