This is an analysis of the poem Til Min Moder that begins with:
O! husker du Moder, den Gang jeg var lille,
Jeg lagde mit Hoved saa glad i dit Skjød,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXX XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001011111 111111011111 11011111 1101101111 1101111001 0101011011 0111110110 1100111001 111101110 11111101 11011111110 1011111101 01111111111 1101111111 011111101 110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; den, var, d, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, vel are repeated.
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