This is an analysis of the poem Et Møde that begins with:

Du Ensomhedens Sødme
Dybt i den tause Skov,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXaX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001 11111 11111 1101 110111 111101 11101 110111 11011111 11011 11111 111100 11011 1111111 110011 110101 110111 11010 111111 100111 1101110 11111 11110 110100 11010 11101 11011 110100 110111 111101 111101 111110 110111 111110 1111110 11111 1111110 11111 111101 1101110 111110 110111 11111 1111 1011111 101110 111110 11101 101101 111111 110110 110101 1111010 110111 1111110 111111 1111000 11111 1110110 11001 111110 101111 111110 110100 101111 111101 11111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; i, jeg, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

    The author used the same word og 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 Et Møde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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