This is an analysis of the poem St. Peders Fængsling that begins with:

Sankt Peder, han ligger i Bolt og Jern,
Det er stor Ynk og Kvide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX XXbX XXbX XXcX bXXX XXXX XXbX XXcX aXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101111 101111 100100111 110111 11011111 11101 110011101 111111 110101101 111111 110111100 111101 111110111 11110 11111111 11111 110111101 11111 111111111 1111110 110111010 011100 1111111 111111 111111111 110111 110111111 11101 110111111 1011110 100111111 1111110 111110100 101111 11011111 11110 11001111 110111 1101101011 111101 1101111111 11111 101101110 101101 110111100 1111 010111101 111101 110111110 11011 11010111 11101 110110111 110111 1111101010 111111 11011111 110111 10101101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, saa, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det are repeated.

    The author used the same word sankt 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 St. Peders Fængsling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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