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

Deilige Slot med de glimtende Fløie,
Aldrig i Norden Din Lige man saae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX aXXX caaX XXXX XXXX cXXX XaaX XXXc XXdX dXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 10110101 101101111 100111011 100101111 1111110010 0111101001 111101010 11101101 111111010 1111111111 11111110100 111101001 1001111111 11111010 111110101 1011011001 101111 10101111 111101001 110101101 10100110 1011001011 110110010 100101101 1011101 10101010 10001110 111111 1111111 1101010 10101010 110011 11101 1111100 11100010 101111 1110111 101111 101001 1011101 111101 11111110 1111110 1110110 10101011 10111010 111111 101111 100111 1111101 1011101 101111 1110110 1011111 1110111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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