This is an analysis of the poem To Molde that begins with:

Molde, Molde,
True as a song,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbbaccccaaXAa XXddeffbbggXXeXgagaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1101 10010111011 10110110011 111001 10111111110 11010110010 10111111110 11110 1011111011 1011111011 11 1101 101001 11 10100 1011010110 10010011010 101011 11011110110 10011111010 11110110011 10111 1001101101 1101101001 11 10100 101011 1111 0101110 101 11101010 1111010 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy, as are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word molde at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, islands are repeated).

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