This is an analysis of the poem De Stridige Veie that begins with:

Nei! jeg den holder ei ud den piinlige Vaklen og Strid, der
Evig fødes igien dybt i den qvæstede Barm....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXBXXXXXXXXXXXBXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111010111 1011011111 1010111111111 1011011110011 11101001111101 110111111 1011110110110110 1011001111111 11101011110110 10111111111 100111110001 10110111101 11010111010110 11110111111 1110011010101 111110111101 10110111011001 111101101101 111111010110 110111101011 101001111110111 1111111101 10101011110111 1010111011001 1110111101111 101001101101 1011101111110 111011101111 10111010111 10100110101 111111011010 1000111011001 101101011011 111011101011 111110100110110 101001101101 1101011010110110 1001011101111 0111011111001 01111111001 10101111111 111111111011 111101111011 10011111101 1001100110110110 101101111101 1011110111110 0111011011011 1001011111111 10010111111 1111111010110 10111110111 101011110110010 11101101011 1011111011011 111001110011 1001100110110110 101101111101 101111110101 101111111110 11011111010110 11101101101 10110111011111 101011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3466
  • Average number of words per stanza: 671
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words skal, om, did are repeated.

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

  • summary of De Stridige Veie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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