This is an analysis of the poem Min Yndlingsdal that begins with:

Hvor est du, elskte Plet! hvad er dit Navn?
Naar skal jeg dig engang i Verden finde?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX bXXX XXXX XXbX cXcX XXXa XXXX XXXX dede XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111011 1111101101 110111001 11011111 11011101 1111101010 11111101 110111110 1010111111 1111110 101011111100 1111110 1010111111 111111 111011110 1101011 11101111100 1100111 110110101 11111011 110101111 110111110 11111111 11011111 1110101 110110101 11100010 111110101 111101101 11011101110 11111100100 11110111010 1111110111 11001011110 10110111111 110111010 111111011 111011110 01101111 1101110010 101011011 11111101 110111101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; r, skulle, min, og, jeg, str are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hvor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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