This is an analysis of the poem Rugen Kjøres Hjem that begins with:

Giv dem nu Tømmen, de pumrede Øg,
lad dem Galop over Tofterne tage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXbX cXcX XXXX XXXX dXXX cXcX dXdX eXXX XXeX XXXX XXXX Xfaf XXXf XfXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111010101 11111101 11110 1001011001 10000110110 101101101 10110110 10110111 1111110110 101101101 10010110 10101101 101011011 1011011001 1010011 1111111011 1111011010 110101011 111110 101011111 10101111 1111101010 1011011 101011001 101101101 101111101 111101 1011011001 1011110110 101111011 10110110 100101101 101111101 1011011010 1111 10101101 1011011011 11111101 1011101 1011011111 11110101 10111001 10101 101101101 10111111 10010111 1011011 11101101 1111010 1011101001 1011110 101100110011 101011010 1101101 101010 1011011111 10111010110 10111111111 1111110 111111011 1001011111 11111001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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; i, med, og, ber, saa are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Rugen Kjøres Hjem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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