En Drøm by Steen Steensen Blicher: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem En Drøm that begins with:

En Drøm? — „En Drøm? og intet meer?
En Gaade uden Nøgle?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXXXbbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XabXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 11101 1101101 1001 11011111 11111101 11001101 11011000 1111101 1011100 11111101 110110 11011011 101011 11101110 11011110 1111101 111101 11110111 11101 10010011 1101111 11110111 10100111 1110101 11111 11010011 10111 1111101 11011001 11010110 11100100 111111110 1101010 0101101 111110 11010111 1101111 1111101 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • 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; en, og, mon are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, mon, f are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk, kke, mme are repeated).

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

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