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

De kom ind, to unge Piger paa en kølig Formiddag.
Før vi havde ønsket Synet, stod de nøgne for og bag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXX bXXXXcXXX XXcX XXXX XXaXaX XXbXXXXX XXXddXX XXXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,4,4,6,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110111100 111110101111 1011101110000 111101101110 10110011 0110100 1110111 10110011 101 11110100 100111111 1011100 100110 10101110 1111111111 1111111110 1111011 100111 11100110 110011111010 11101 1010 1010 1101010 1010 11111100 11111011 1100011 11111101 111011101 111111 1111010 1111101 10100110 110110 110001110 11001100 1111111 11111 10001111 1011101 10111 11111110 1111010 101001 1010111 1011001 01101010 11111100 1011 001101110 1010011 0110111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • 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; og, i, for, hvad, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words eller, for, plads, hvad, det are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words re, gen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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