Sang Til Steffens by Poul Martin Moller: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Sang Til Steffens that begins with:

En Mester i Tankernes Riger
Hel tit er paa Jorden forsagt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabab XcXcdede XXXXfgXg XXXXXXXX fXXXXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010 11011010 11101010 1101010 11111110 1111011 100110110 11011011 1101001 01011011 1111111 110111 1101001 11111011 1101111 1101111 111110110 110101 111110110 110101 11101010 10110001 1101010 1110110 111111 01011001 11010011 11011001 111101 0111011 010111110 11111 1011110 11101011 1110110 1110111 111111 11011001 0100111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, ej, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ej, du are repeated.

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