This is an analysis of the poem Philet En Fortælning that begins with:

Træt er min Siel — — forfulgt af Frygtens blege Skygger,
Sank den tilsidst ved dig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXaXXXXcXXcXXXXXXXdXXXXXceXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXegXXaXXXhXXXXXbededXagXXXXXXXXXXXcXeibiXXXXXaXaXXXXXdXXXXXXXbXjXXfXXgXXekXkXXXXXXXXXXcfXjXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXXXXXdeXXXeXedXbXXXXXXXkgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXdXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXhcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 304,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110110110 111011 011111010 100111 11011111111 110011 11111110111 11110 11011111011 11111010 111011001 110100 11011111001 111001 111011011 1111010 111110101111 110110 1101110110 1101111 101111111110 11111 1111010010 11000 11110101101 101000 101111011 1111 1010110101110 111100 11111011110 11101 0100111100 11111 10111101 111111 111101110111 110101 101111110 11111 111111111 11111 1110011001 110111 1101011111010 11100 1111111110 11011 11011111111 11110 111111011 11111 1101011111010 110101 1100110110 111100 111010011 11111 1100110110 111000 10010111101 111111 110111111 110010 100011101110 111001 1111101 11101 1110110110 110110 11011111 11100 1111011111 111001 1111111001 11100 11111100110 101101 110111110 110111 111111100111 110100 1101110011 111100 1111111111 11101 11111011 100111 11111110010 10111 1111111100 11110 11011111110 11110 100111111011110 111111 101101110110 11111 1111111110 11111 11110110101 11111 011111111 111100 100110100011 11111 1111111001 111101 1110111001100 10111 1101111000 111101 11111100010 11010 10100111110 10100 111101110 11111 100011111 110001 1101111111 111101 111010101 110100 110111100001 11101 1110011101 1111 111101111101 11110 111110110 1010 110101001 111101 110111101 110111 1111110111 11101 110111011 11111 0111101011010 111111 11110110 111111 011011101101 111101 110110111 11101 11110011101 110111 110101111 111101 1101111111010 11111 111111001 11111 110011111100 11010 1001011010 11010 1101111110010 101110 11110111110 100110 0111001101110 110100 11111111110 111001 11111110111 111101 101110111 100100 11111110101 10011 1111111111 10111 1111011001 11111 0110111101 11100 1111111011 010000 101110111 11111 11111101110 10110 1011101010 01011 1111111111 1111 111110111 111111 111111101110 111000 1011111110 11011 11111111110 111111 11110101110 111111 1111110111 111111 111101111 1011 110101100111 110111 1111111001 110101 111111011 01111 1111011110 1111 111111100100 110111 1101111100 111101 11101011100 01111 10111110010 111111 01111111111 01011 111111111 11101 11110110101 111110 1111011101 111111 1111111111 11101 11111111 111111 111101110110 101111 1111111 111111 1011010111 11110 1111111101 11110 1111101111100 11111 1111111101 110111 111111101000 111111 1111111111 110000 111011111111 111110 11111111011 110010 11111100110 11111 11110111010 11101 1111011101 111100 101111101 110111 10111111110 111101 11011101010 111100 10011100111 11111 1111100111 110101 11111111111 11000 110111111 11100 11111111110 110111 1011110111 11111 11101111110 111100 10100010110 110100 11011101110 11111 01011101110 110101 11001111101 11111 110001111 110100 111101110111 111111 110111101 11111 1010111111110 111111 1111111100 111110 11110111111 11110 11110010 1110 111011111100 11101 11101110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2061
  • Amount of lines: 304
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, som, hvor, er, dig, at, en, de, i, den, vor, ingen, ak are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, som, hvor, hist, alt, den, bort, nu are repeated.

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

  • summary of Philet En Fortælning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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