Tilstaaelsen [donna Maja, Donna Maja! ] by Emil Aarestrup: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Tilstaaelsen [donna Maja, Donna Maja! ] that begins with:

Donna Maja, Donna Maja!
Ak, vel maa jeg gaae i Drømme;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX AXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX AXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX AXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1111111 1111100 1110111 101101 1110100 1100110 1011111 1110000 11101010 11011110 1011110 10101010 10111110 11101100 110111 11111100 1111000 10000110 111111 101101 1101100 10101110 11001100 1101110 1111110 1111000 1100110 10101010 1110110 10011100 1111011 11111110 110010 0110001 10111000 111110 1111 1111111 111110 11101100 11111010 1110110 1100110 11111 11100000 11100100 111010010 10101010 1101010 11111000 11101110 1110111 1010111 1011110 11001100 11101 11001100 1110101 1111101 101101 11101110 11111 1011110 10101010 111111110 1010110 111110 11100010 10001100 1110100 10100100 11101010 10011 111010100 110010 1010100 111010 10101010 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; don, i, som, en are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Tilstaaelsen [donna Maja, Donna Maja! ];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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