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

Lykkelig den Sanger,
Som Vaaren skienker...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXX cdabXXXX XXXXXXXX eXXXfX XXXXX XXXe XXXXaXXXafX ggXdaaXX XXXXXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,6,5,4,11,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110 11010 11110 1000110 11000101 11110 11010110 110001 1111001011 11010 100111010 1111 111111 111010 1101101 11110 11101 11011101 11101101 1110110 101101 11010110 101010110 101111111 111000111 11110 1110 10111 110100110 11100101101 10111111 1011111010 1110110 101110 1101110 1101 1101101000 101111 1111 1111110100 1011010111 111 1011110 11111 111111101 111111010 11010 1110011111 1101010 110111 11111001 1111101001 11111110001 11010 1111110 1011 10011000 11110101 10111 11101 1111100 11101 11101 1111 1101111101 101 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words eller, med, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word et at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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