This is an analysis of the poem Kvindens Bekendelse that begins with:

Hvis du spørger, kan jeg roligt svare:
Det er Kærligheden, som jeg vil....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 10100111 101011101 11101111 11111110 11110101 10111111 10111011 101110001 1110111 11110111 111011111 10101111 10111111 011011010 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; jeg, det, res are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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