This is an analysis of the poem De Trofaste Træer that begins with:

De trofaste Træer, som grønnes og gror
i Skove, der skærmer den fædrene Jord...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aXa bbb ccX XdX XXX XXX XXX dXX XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 1111111 1101111101 101011001 1101101010 1001111001 011101111 110011101111 111111111 11101111101 110111101 1110111101 11011101 110100111 11111101 110101101 10111000 110101101 1011001 1011101 1011011001 1011101 11011101 1110111101 111111101 111111100 11111101 01011111111 1111111001 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; en, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of De Trofaste Træer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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