This is an analysis of the poem Harpens Oprindelse that begins with:
Man vil vide, at Harpen, jeg slaaer for min Møe,
Den var eengang en Havfru, som sang under Søe...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX bbbX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011111 1110110111011 1111101101 111011011011 101010011010 1101111011 101011101101 111011111001 101011101011 1110111101 101111111011 101011111 10111101101 10001111001 1011111111 0011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, d, r are repeated).
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- summary of Harpens Oprindelse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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More information about poems by Emil Aarestrup
- Analysis of Havfruen [fisker, Ved Din Baad Paa Sandet]
- Analysis of Hellige Ensomhed
- Analysis of Hemisphærerne
