This is an analysis of the poem Røter-Anders Og Hans Mor that begins with:

Tho a er no Røjter, og a er fræ Fløj,
mi Muer hun kam jo fræ Trøwed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXbXX XXXXXXXb XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110011 1111111 1111110011 11011011 1111111 11110110 101111111111 1110111110 111110101 11111110 11111111101 0111110 111111011 1110110 1111111111 111011110 11110111101111 111110111 1111111111 11110111 1111111011 110010011 1111111111 110111110 11101111 11111110 11111110011 1101110 101111111 11110010 111111111 1011011111 111111111 1111110 1011101111 01011110 11111111110 11110110 11011111010 110110110 1011111011 11111110 11011011111 01111110 101111101 111111110 1110111111 110111110 1111101111 111110110 11011011110 111111100 111011111 111111010 10101111 1101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; hun, hwer, og, det, i, for, der, s, en, r are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Røter-Anders Og Hans Mor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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