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

Junkerspiren kaster stolt med Nakken,
naar han peger paa sit Adelsskjold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXX XXXXbXbX cXXXXXXX XbcXXXXX XXcXXXXX XdXdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101110 111011100 101111110 10011101 01101111 11111011 100011101 111110111 100001101 101111111 111000101 111100111 101110111 1111111 111011011 111011100 1111101010 11001001 1111100 11011101 101110100 1111011 111010101 1111101 1110111010 11011110 101111110 101111111 10001001 10111111 10101111 1111111 1110010 10001101 1110110 11011111 111111111 11111001 111110100 111110100 11101111 11000011 11111101 101111101 111101110 11111101 1110101010 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Jeppe Aakjaer