Syn by Viggo Stuckenberg: poem analysis

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

Jeg ser igennem den duggede Rude
hans vilde Øjne, — han staar derude....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XX XX XX XX aX XX XX XX XX XX XX bb XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001101 1111110 1101101010 11011000 1111110000 111101010 1101101111 1101101111 111111111 1111101 10011101111 100110101 11011011111 10111111001 1011110 1001001111 111111111 10110111 1001101010 1011111110010 101110101 101111001 1011010110 11110110000 1011011101 1111111 1011111 11101100 1011001 11101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; du, hvad are repeated.

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

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

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