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

Hvor Flodlejet danner en Runding
om den skov- og kratvoxte Munding...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010110 11111010 110010110 11110010 11111111111 111110010 1110111 101110 1111111111 1110111001 1111010 111101010 111111 111100 1101010 11110 1101011 11101 1110111101 111101111 1111100101 1111011010 1111110 110111000 110011101 1001111001 11101 11110 11101000 1111100 1110111101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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

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