This is an analysis of the poem Havfruen that begins with:
Rød Maanen skinner blandt Stjerner smaa,
Den Havfrue dandser paa Tillie blaa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaa XXXXX XXaXX XaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 11101101 11101101 11110111 111101 11101100 1101111011 111101111 11100111 11000100 11110111 1101111011 1101111011 11110111 111101100 100101100 1111101 110101101 1101111 1110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; saa, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).
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