This is an analysis of the poem 6 that begins with:

Skal jeg klage? skal jeg sukke?
Skal jeg synge dybt i Moll?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXbc XXXX XdXX XXXe cXcd XeXe XXXX XfXf XbXb abab XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111111 111111 1110001 1011111 101111 1011111 11101 1111 111100 11111 1110110 111111 101011 111101 1111110 111111 11111 1011001 1011101 111111 1110111 1111111 011011111 111111 1100101 11111111 11110 11111010 1111101 1111110 111111 11111 111011 10111 111111 111101 101101 011011 1101101 1010101 1110111 10111 11011 111111 101111 111110 11110011 111110 101111 111110 1001101 11101110 1110111 11111110 1111011 1111110 111011 11111000 110100 111110 1111101 11111000 111110110 1111100 111110 1111100 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, skal, var, at, dit, de, f, som, og are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words kan, som at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of 6;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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