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

Min Sjæl i mit Øje ruger
— en dyb og sitrende Brønd,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 111101 111110 1101001 0111010 1101101 0110100 110101 110110 1001011 11011110 1101101 110101 110101 111111101 1101111 11101111 11011001 100111 110001 110100110 010101 1111110110 110111 1110010 111110 111110 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; din is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word din 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 Brønden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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