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

Vis mig Ægypten, Slaver!
Ægypten!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX abXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXb X XbX XXXXXXXX XXXXcXXdXXXX eeXa fXbXXXXXXXXXX XXcb XbXX XXXX dXXXXeX XXXfXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,14,1,3,8,12,4,13,4,4,4,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 10 1101 110 1110 11 10011 111111110 1010 111101110 11010 11111111 110110101 11111111100 111111100 10111100 110111111010 1101110101 1111100010 11111111 1010 11111 1111001 11010 1111011101 11101100 110001 11111110 111111 111001111 111111110 1111101110 111111100110 1110111001 1111 111111110 101110101 111111 1111111 010010100 11011011110010 11111111 111001101110 11110110 110101010 111110110 101101 111111101 11011101 11011111111 1101010110 11011000101111 110101011 01011 11101 1010111 1101110100010 11110111 111111101 111111110 11111111 110111 111100111 010110 010110 0111 01111 1101011101 10011 100110 111110 1111 1110001011 11101 1111111 10111 1100101011 11100010 10111 1001000 11111110111 1001011001 1010 11111 10110 111011110 1101001 11111100 1110111 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 93
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, d, og, en, evig, de, samme, den, gamle are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines livet is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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