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

Der var engang en Grand danois,
som havde levet længe;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XaXX bXXc XXXb XXXX XXcb XXXa XXXX XbXX XXXX XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 11101 11011111 010101 10111111 1011010 1111111 1100110 11000101 111110 111111 11110 111010101 11111 0101011 111111 11011101 110110 1111100 1111010 11011110 111110 1111101 110110 1111101 1111110 11011101 1101110 11111100 111110 1111110 1111110 10110101 111101 11111111 111000 11101110 1101110 1101011 111010 111111 1111110 11110100 111110 1111000 111010 1111010 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, jeg are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word saa 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 En Fabel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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