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

Trætte Soldater i Række og Rad,
vi rykker ind i den fremmede Stad....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX bbXX aaXX XXXX ccXX XXaa aaXX XXXb ddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 110111101 1101011111 100111001 1111111001 1111111 110101111 110001101 1100100110 11011111010 110111011 111111111 11011001 111001101 1110110 111011000 1100101101 111111111 1111011111 101111011 110111111 110111010 01010011001 11011010101 11111001111 10011011101 11001100110 10011111100 11010011001 111111010 11111101 101110111 1101101111 110001111 01111000 011111100 110110100 11011111110 1110010 1010011111 1101001011 11011111 11011111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; r, og, et, n, i, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words n, i, de are repeated.

    The author used the same word paa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nne, be are repeated).

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

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

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