Mi' Nanne, Ja by Jeppe Aakjaer: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Mi' Nanne, Ja that begins with:

Der gaar en O her vejsterpo
med Fleg omkring og Kwanne, ja;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XaXa Xaba XaXa XaXa XaXa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100 1110111 11111111 110111 101111 1101111 111111 1111111 11111111 1110111111 110011111 1011111 101111 101111 1011111 1100111 11111101 1111011 11011110 1101111 11001101 111111 1110111 101111 1110111 11010100 10111110 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; og, mi' are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ja at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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