At Verden Til Feide Har Udrustet Sig by Knud Lyne Rahbek: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem At Verden Til Feide Har Udrustet Sig that begins with:

At Verden til Feide har udrustet sig,
blandt Konger, og Fyrster og Lærde er Krig....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXX XXXX XXXa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111001 1101101101 11011111011 1111111000 110101001 11111111110 1101101101 1100001010 11011011011 111111011 1111101111 1111111101 1101111101 110111111 1101110001 111111111 11011011011 11111111 1101111011 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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, den, jeg are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of At Verden Til Feide Har Udrustet Sig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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