This is an analysis of the poem Bekendelse that begins with:

Der lever blandt de Mænd, jeg traf,
da jeg var ung og fuld af Mod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXcXXX cXdXXe XXXbXX dXXXXa daXXXX XdXXXX XXXaXX XXXeXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11111111 1101111 1111 1111110 1101 11111 111111 1111100 111 1111 11111 11111100 11010111 11111111 1111 1101000 1111111 1111111 1111101 101111 1111 111110 1111111 1100111 11111101 10111111 1101 11101 11001111 1111111 1111100 10111111 1111 11100 1110100 11010111 11011100 1101101 1111 11100 110111 1101101 1111011111 11111100 1111 110100 11111101 1110111 11101111 111011 11 11111 010111 11111111 1111110 1111111 111 1101010 111101 1101111 1111111 1111001 111 1101100 1111100 11111100 11010111 11111111 1101 1101000 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; samme, og, saa, den, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    The author used the same word og 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 Bekendelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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