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

Sandels, han satt i Pardala by,
Åt frukost i allsköns ro....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabb XXXXXc cbXXdX XXXXXX XXXbXX eXXfdX XXghXb XXXXfX XXXXXX XXXXXX cXcXfX XXXXhX XXXbXX cXcXXX gXgbXX XaFXcc XeXXXh fcXXXX bbXXXX XXXXXX XXFXgg XdXXXX acXcXX fXXgXX XXgXXX bXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111001 110111 111101101 1111101 110111001 1110011 111001111 1111111 11101111 111110011 111101101 1110011 10111111 11100011 110100111 1111011 1111111 111001 11111101 1111100 10111111 1101101 11111111 11101011 10111111 1111101 11101111 111100 1110001110 1111111 11011100 111010011 111001111 1110011 1111101111 1101011 10011101 11101010 111111101 11111111 111111 1110100 110011011 111111 1101110111 110110 111111111 111111 10111111 10111111 1111001011 1101111 11111011 11110011 1011111 1100111 111011001 1011111100 11111111 1101110 11110101 1101011 111111111 111111 111101111 10111011 1111101001 1110111 10011100101 1101101 1100101111 1111101 101111011 111101 111101101 11111 111101110 1101111 111111111111 101100111 111111011 1110101 1111101 11100101 101111101 1101010 111111101 11111 11101111010 10001011 11101111110 11001101 11111111011 11111110 1111011111 11001011 111111011 11100111 110110001 1100101 11111111011 111111 1111001111 111110011 10011101110 111111 1110001011 1101011 101111111 111111 11101101111 111011111 111111011 11001101 1101111001 110101 111110 11100111 111000100 11101 11111111 1110111 11111111011 11111110 1111111101 1111101 1111101111 11101111 111111101 11101101 111111111 1111101 11111011111 111111 1111111111 111011011 111010101 11011111 11111111011 11111101 11010101 1110101 11110010110 11110011 1011111110 101101101 11101011001 1111011 110011001111 11111 110111101 1101011 1110101010 1110111 11101111000 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 156
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; s, v, en, r, ni, och, var, det, han, n, er, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words och, den, han, det, d are repeated.

    The author used the same word och 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 l is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blod connects the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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