This is an analysis of the poem Edderkoppen [du Edderkop, Vil Du Til Hækken Spinde] that begins with:

Du Edderkop, vil Du til Hækken spinde?
Du kan ej Vej over Strømmen finde;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010111 01111011 111101011 11010101 110011110 11110101 111101111 11011100 1111111 111010101 111101100 111101100 110011101 110001110 11101101 1011111 101111110 1100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, den are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines den, m are repeated).

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

  • summary of Edderkoppen [du Edderkop, Vil Du Til Hækken Spinde];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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