This is an analysis of the poem Martin Og Marie that begins with:
Min Søn! seer du ei Søen? den vælter Bølgen sort,
Og stænker Skum paa Bredden, — du maa ei ride bort!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX aaXX XXXX XXXX XbXX aabX bXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX XXXX cCXX XXXX XcXX ddXX eecX ccXX cCXX XeXX bbXX XXaa XXXX cXXX XXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111111 11111001111 110111011101 1111010111 11011111111 110111011111 110111011111 110101111 111011111011 1111101010111 11111110110 111011100111100 11111110111 11111101111 1101110111101 110101111 11010101110 110101011001 111110110100 1101111111110 1101011111101 11111111011 111111111100 110101111 11111011101 11110101101 11111111001 11111110011 1101011110 1101101110100 110001011111 10111111001 111111011011 110111111100 1111101110101 1111111111 111110110001 1101111110 11001011011 1111111011 11111111100 11011101 11111111111 111101011011 110101111101 1001101010101 1101111101 1111111111 1111111111 11011111111 11111111111 1100111111100 1101111110 11111111101 11111111111 11101011010 11011011111 111010111 111101110011 110110111111 1101011111 1101111011 110110111101 11011101111 1101111101 1101110110111 111111011111 11111111011 11111111101 1001101010101 100110110001 100111110100 11111011011 110111110101 11111111111 1100111011 11011011111 1101111101 11011111 11011011101 11001111011 11011011111 11011011011 110111101 11111101111 11110110011 1111111011 11011111011 1101110111 111010110011 11111011101 11011011011 1111111011 1111111010001 11010111101 10111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; den, jeg, for, han, og, du, d, r, saa, som, da, i, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, den, han, h, da are repeated.
The author used the same word men 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 g, d, k are repeated).
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