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

En lystig Sang, ja, en lystig Sang,
kan ingen gi' os en lystig Sang!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaa Aaaa Aaaa Aaaa AXaa AaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 110111101 1110111 111111101 110111101 11011101 11111101 110111101 110111101 111101111 110101111 111111101 110111101 11111101 110101101 110111101 110111101 101001101 11111111 110111101 110111101 11110111 1111111110 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; en, sang, lystig are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word sang 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 En Lystig Sang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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