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

Sand! da du skrev det ned, hvor havde dine Øjne
før kendt det Optrins Gru, hvor Noun, den halvvejs nøgne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaX bcbbX XcXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111111 111101111101 110011101011 1101111111 11001111 1101111101 10011111111 11101110110 11111011011 110111100 101111101011 10110011110 111101110111 1111101100010 1111010111110 111001011011 1100111001 1110101110111 11101011110 11101111101 1101110111 1111011101 01110011100 101101011101 100111011011 1110111110 11111011111 11100111001 11011110011 11111111111 111101110111 110101001111 111011111010 11101111010 1101110100 1111110111110 1111111100 110110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, som, er are repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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