This is an analysis of the poem Landstingsmand Og Lægprædikant Søren Olesen that begins with:

Gamle Søren, lad mig mindes
end engang med Pen i Haanden,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXb cXXX XXXX XXcX XXXX XaXX XbXb XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11011110 1011111 10111110 1110111 11111110 1011100 1111110 10101010 1111000 10111 110110 101111 11100110 10111000 10111000 11011010 11010 1111010 110010 110101 111100 11000110 1111000 111110 1010111 1111010 101110 11111110 101001 11110010 1001111 11110 101111 1111110 1111111 111011 111110 10101010 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, bred, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words bred, intet are repeated.

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

  • summary of Landstingsmand Og Lægprædikant Søren Olesen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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