This is an analysis of the poem Fra Vor Kærligheds Hus that begins with:

Han gik bort og blev borte i femhundred Aar.
Han gik bort, mens hans Kæreste sov...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa XXaX XXXX XXb bcXc XX cXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,4,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111111001 1111111 11100111011 1111111111 1110111011 111111101101 11100001 11111011 11111010 111011011 1111111 1111111111 1111111101 11111111111 11011111 1111111111 01110111 1111111 111111011 11111011111 11110101101 1101011101 111110101101 11111011011 1111110101 10110111011 110111101001 111011111 1111101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; han, og, det, jeg are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word han 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 Fra Vor Kærligheds Hus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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