En Seilads by Steen Steensen Blicher: poem analysis

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

Du farer, min Gut! paa et uroligt Hav:
Een Havn kun det ejer — Jeg mener din Grav....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaXXXXXXXXXaaaXXbXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111001 11111011011 10001110001 1100111001 110111101 1111101110 110111111 11101001011 1101111010 1001101100 1111101101 1000110010 11011111 11110111 11001011001 1101101101 111001111 1011101101 110110111 111111101 10110001011 11101000101 011110011 11011110001 11110111 1100101101 1111110 1111111010 111010010110 11101110 1111101111 111101011 10101111001 11111101 110111101 1101101111 110111101 1100101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 310
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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; og, du are repeated.

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

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

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

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