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

Større saa var den Højsal tegnet
og bredere var den Port....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbXb XXXX XXXX XXcX ccXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 110111 11011100 1101111 11111101 1101011 101101 1110001 111110100 1111111 110100110 1111100 11011010 110111 1101110 1101001 11111 111101 1001011011 101110 110111 11011001 111111 1111101 11111 110111 11110011 11111 111101 101111 1101111 1111111 11111 1101101 1111111 1111100 0111100 110010011 11011110 1111101 1111100 1111111 111101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; var, og are repeated.

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

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

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