This is an analysis of the poem Maanen Og Dens Moder that begins with:
Hvorfor nu Maanen gaaer paa Himlen
I næsten drukken, halv sværmerisk Svimlen,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXababXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXcXXXXdXX cXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdX XXXeXXXdXX XXXX XXXXXX bXXcfeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,10,10,18,21,10,4,6,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101110 111011010 111111110 11011100 1111100 11010100 1011111 11011111 11110011 1110111 101011100 110011010 11100011 11101110 11011101 11011110 11111110 11010111 101111 1111111 111011110 111101111 11111111 10111111 1110001 11011100 111111 11001110 11110011 0011111 1111011 1111111 1110110 11111110 11110111 11110001 111111 1101001100 11110111 11110110 1101111 11011111 11001011 1111011 1111101 101101110 110111110 11011100 11011000 111001101 1101001 11111111 11110011 11000001 11100100 1100011 11110110 111111 1101011 1111111100 1101111 101111 1111111 110111 1011101 1100111 110110 1011111 01011001 110111 11010111 1001111 10111100 110011011 111011100 1111111 111111100 1101011 1111101 1111100 11101110 1111101 1011110 111111 11101111 1111111 11011111 11011000 111111 11101110 1101110 1011111 1110111 11001101 1101111 111111 10100111 1111111 1001011 111101 110111 111001110 11000111 11010010 111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 377
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, den, jeg, og, som are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words saa, som, den are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gtig, nger, d, re are repeated).
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More information about poems by Christian Winther
- Analysis of Natten
- Analysis of Natten Var Mild Og Kjær
- Analysis of Nattetanker [han Maa Slet Ikke Tænke]
