This is an analysis of the poem Spørg Amagermo'Er that begins with:

Der var en ældgammel Gulerod,
Saa knoldet, saa tyk og saa tung,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXXbXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXXXXbbXb XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,2,15,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 11011111 11111001 1111111 11011100 110101 11001 10001100001 1101101 010100111 1100 1111111 1010010111 1111111 01010111 11001111 1101111101 111 1101 110000 11001101 11000100 1011001110 1001111 111101111 110000 10100110111 11110110 111111101 11001 110010110 11111111 11111111 111101100 111 1101 110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; saa, og, var are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Spørg Amagermo'Er;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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