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

Hun stilled omsigtsfuld paa sit Natbord et Glas
med Mælk ... hun nænte ej, han skulde tørste....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100111011 11111111 1101111111 100111110 11110110111 010110010 101110011111 1111111110 1111101100111 110111101 1101111110 1101110111 1111111101 110110111 11111111001 111111111 110111111101 1001110111 110101011111 11011111 111111101111 1111100100 110101111111 1101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hun, rste, en, og, paa, som are repeated.

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

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

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

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