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

De Qvinder med Perler vil rustes til Kamp,
Brat Dykkre i Havet neddukke;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb XXXX XXXX cXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011011011 1111010 1110111111 11010011 11101101 1001101 100110011 1111001 1110101101 010111 111111101 0110001 11011011101 110110010 110101101 1010110 11110111 11011110 1111101 1111010 110111111 11011 11111101 1101011 1101111001 111111 1101010111 110111 1101101111 11000011 110110111 1111011 111001101 110111 11010101 11101 110101101 11011111 1101001101 110111 110110111 1100001 1100101110 110111 110101101 110110100 110101100 1101110 1111011111 01111001 111111111 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words og, der, naar 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 Ederduunsankerne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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