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

Jeg husker hendes blege Smil
og hendes Hænders myge Tag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXX aXXX XXXX ccXX XXXX XXaX bcXc XXXX XXXX dXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1101011 110111 11011111 1110011 11010101 1111011 1111111 111111 11011101 11111101 11011100 11101011 011111 111111 111111101 11111101 1101011 11100001 111111 11111100 111110 1111101 11110111 11001101 111111 1111111111 11110101 111110 11111111 1111111 1111111 1101111 11111101 11111110 11111111 1111110 11111111 1111011 11011101 1111111 11110110 11010111 11110111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hun, og are repeated.

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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