This is an analysis of the poem Robin Hood that begins with:

Det er saa lystigt i Vaaren forvist,
Da grønnes baade Skov og Vang;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX Xbbb cdXX ebeX XfgX hXXX XXXX biXX cXXX XXbX jbjX XXXX ihiX XXXX XXXX hiXX XXXX XhXX aXaX XXXX dXdX XXXX XXXX jXjX eXeX eXec XXXX XXXX XXXX jXjX bXXX XXbb XXbX aXXX XXcX XXXX hXhX gXgX XXXX XXXX cgXX XXXX XXjX XXXX fXXX XXfX iXXX gXgX hXhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011010 111111 100101011 1101100 110101111 111111 1111101 11111 1101011001 1111110 110111101 111011 111110111 111111 111111011 11111000 11101110 11111 11011111 110101100 1011111 111110 11111110 1101110 1111101101 11111 110101101 111111 111111010101 111011 11111110 111100100 1101011111 1111011 111111010 11101000 1111011010 10101111 1111111 11110100 1110111011 1101111 11111011 1101101 110101010 11110010 1100101101 1111101 01011111 1110111 011111101 111110110 1101011111 1111111 11111110 11110100 1111110 111111 11011011001 11010100 1111011011 11111 1101111 1101110 1111111 110111 10111011 01010100 110101111 1101011 110111011 111100 1101010011 11101011 11111111 01111100 11011111110 1010111 11011110 1111010010 110111010 110111 11111100 11111010 11101111 1111101 1101001111 1111100 11111011 1111111 110110111 11101010 110110111 1101110 11110111 1101101 110101001011 11111 111100101 1101010 11000110111 11111110 111111111 11010110 11101110 1101101100 11011011001 11101010 110011011011 111101 101111101 111111110 11011111 11111011 111111011 1111001 11111101 110101 111111101 11011110 111111111 111101 11110011001 111101 11011111001 1111010 111111001 11110011 11110011011 111111 11010111 011111 01111111 110111000 1010111110 0010111100 110111011 111011 1101111 1110110 11111011 11011111 1000111001 1101101 110110111 1111101 0111111 11110100 0111001011 1111111 111011101 111111 110111101 111100100 101110111 11111100100 110101111 11011011 1010111101 1101110 11111011 011111 11111011 10110110 110101110 10011110 11010101 1101100 110010111 11010110 11010110001 111111 10111011 0111 110101111 111111 1010110111 1101111 111111100 1101110 111111111 10111 11011111 1100101100 100101111 11111001 1101111 1100111 1111011011 110111 11010011 0110111 11100111 101111 1001111011 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 49
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 196
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; den, du, jeg, ej, han, og, st, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words om, ej, han, som, de, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words det, jeg, hr, siger at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase god connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Robin Hood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Steen Steensen Blicher