This is an analysis of the poem Det Første Mø that begins with:

Det var en Helligdag i Vaaren,
Af Venskab, i en Kreds af Faa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaX XXXbXXb XcXXXXc XXaXXXX XbXXXXb aXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100110 11011111 111101100 1001011 111100010 10010010 1111101 11111110 11000100 11111000 10010101 11001000 1000110 11111 111101100 110111 11011110 11001100 11001010 110111010 1111111 111111000 1101011 11111010 11100101 111110110 111101110 1101010 1111110 11111111 110011000 11100101 111100000 11111000 1101011 1111011 1101111 1111101 11010101 11110111 1111010 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, hvad, var are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word det 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 ie is repeated).

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  • summary of Det Første Mø;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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