Grækenland by Jens Peter Jacobsen: poem analysis

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

Marmoret er hvidt,
Men det lyser ikke....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXX BabXcXcXddXXXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 11101 101 10101 1000101010 1000110110 010110 1010111110 1011001 1011101 11110 10111 1110110 11101010010 010111101110 111101010 010101 11111 101 1001 1101111 10011111 1010010011 10011011 101010 101101 111110010 110101 1111110 11011 11001 11101010 0110001 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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; har is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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