Strikkebreve by Ludvig Bodtcher: poem analysis

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

Hvor sig Skjebnen hurtig vender!
Du som nys mig holdt i Fængsel...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X XXXX XXXX aXaa bXbX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 0111111 1011111 111111 111110 1110101 101111 111111 1010010 11100100 111111110 011111 1011110 1111110 111011 1011111 1 1101100 1101110 10111111 11110111 0111111 011111 01111111 01110101 1111111 1001111 11011111 1001111 111111 01111111 111111 1111101 1111110 111110 111101111 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; jeg is repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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