This is an analysis of the poem Mosepigen that begins with:

No søen vil du aaltsaa forlaad' mæ, Jens Fløj,
og læ' mæ Sejj' jenne aa sørr' -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXaX XXXXXbaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010111 1111111 11111101011 11101111 110111011 1101111 11111011011 1010110111 110111111 10111011 11111111111 111111111 1111111111 11110111 1110111110101111 111111101 11101001111 11101111 01011111111 1111110111 1111101111 100110111 111011 11111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nd is repeated).

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

  • summary of Mosepigen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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