This is an analysis of the poem En Jagt that begins with:
Det femte Billed, Du skuer — giv Agt!
Hvert Menneskes Liv er en Idelig Jagt...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX aaXXXX bbXXXX XXXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 11001011001 110010110 111111111 01110001 1110110 110111110 11011011101 110011 11111111 1111001111 1100011 01111001 110111001 11001011 11111101 110101011 1111101 111111 11011111 1111111 110111101 111011101 1111111 111100110100 101111011 1101011 11001110010 1010101101 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, til, f, det, du are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word een is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines til is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of En Jagt;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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