This is an analysis of the poem Digterens Endeligt that begins with:

Det er en Udgang og Ende,
min Skat! — som gør Cicero stum,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XXXX XXXX XXXa XaXa XXXX XcXc XXXX abXb aXXa XXXX XXXd XdXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 11111011 1110110 1101001 11111011 1111110 11010011 111110 1111111 111111 11111011 010111110 1100100 111001 11110011 1101111 0110101 111111 1011111 101111 111101 110101 10101011 11011110 11111010 11001001 110111010 1101111 1110111 1100111 111101 110101 111011 1111011 1110110 1101001 1111111 1111100 111011 1010001 110110011 11111 11111111 110011 11111011 1101111 1101111 11000100 11110010 1111101 11111111101 1101111 011011 1111111 1111111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, du are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Digterens Endeligt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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