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

Jeg er ej født endnu, men fødende forløses jeg.
Af Livet i mit Værk jeg aner Livet i mig selv,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXa XaX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011101 1101111111010111 101101111111 111111111101011111 111011111110 11011101111101 1111101111101 0111111101 11110011010100 11111111110111 11011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, mit, i, som, forl, og are repeated.

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

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

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

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