This is an analysis of the poem Epilog that begins with:

ved Vaudevilleselskabets Forestilling paa det kongelige Theater,
til Indtægt for den omkomne Liniedandser Roats Enke og Børn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XXXX XaXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000000100011100100 11111010001111 101101011101 1110100010 10111111 1101110110 111111011 1111110101 11110110 110101110 1110010111 111111101 11011011 11111001 11111111 1111111101 1010011111 110011011 110111111 1110001110 010111011 1111111110 111100111 111000111 1110011111 1111110010 1101011100 111100111 1101101101 110100111 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, den are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Epilog;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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