En Reise by Steen Steensen Blicher: poem analysis

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

En Vej er Livet, hvis Begyndelse
Og Ende er for os i Mørke hyllet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXbXXXXXXX aXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 110111110 1110001100 0111001111 1100100101 1111111 1110100101 110111101 1111011100 11101100 11000100110 110101010 110110111 101111010 110011110 11111110 1111011 1111 1100 1000010110 11011011010 111111111 11110011010 100101011 111111 11011110 1001001100 101011110 111111010 11110111101 1101111110 1111101110 111100101 11100011 110011 10 1101111001 110111110 100110100 1101111110 1111 11011 110111111 110011010 11111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 817
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words snart, og are repeated.

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

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

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