This is an analysis of the poem I Den Gule Lupin that begins with:

Jørgine var en Pige alt udaf Bondestand;
hos Bitte Jens i Traanum der tjente hun forsand....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXaa bbXa XXXa XXXa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110100 11111011110 111111111100 11111011110 1111010110101 110110110101 110111011011 111101011110 1111011011111 1111011110 11111111101110 11000111110 1111011111011 110101111110 11111101111100 1100111110 11110111101 1110111111 11011111110 1101111110 111110110101 10111011101 111011111100 11111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, han, saa, og are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word lupin 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 I Den Gule Lupin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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