This is an analysis of the poem Johannes Den Døber that begins with:
Kom, følg i Aanden med
Til Jordans Færgested!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXXXX bXXXXX bXXXXX XXXXXX XXccXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 11010 010101 110010 0101010 11010110 011101 111101 110011 110101 0101010 11010110 11100 11011 0011010 100100 0101010 11010110 11100 110101 1100010 1111110 0101010 11010110 01101 11111 11110 110110 0101010 11010110 100111 10100 11111 11101 0101010 11010110 11101 11111 1101110 1111010 0101010 11010110 101001 110001 1101110 1001110 0101010 11010110 110111 111101 110101 11101 0101010 11010110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 54
- 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:
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; m, des, med are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vor, af are repeated.
The author used the same word det 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 ber is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word aaben 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 Johannes Den Døber;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
