Marie Hun Var En Jomfru Skiær by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Marie Hun Var En Jomfru Skiær that begins with:

Marie hun var en Jomfru skiær,
Som Sønnen mon bevise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XabXcXa bXXXXXX XXXXXdX XXdXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 11110 1111111 111111 11111111 111 1101101 1101111 111111 01111101 110100 110110111 1111 1111101 10010101 1101101 10111101 11111 111101101 11001 01111 1101111 11011 110110010 11111 110011101 01001 011111 1111011 110110 11111111 110110 111101101 1111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.

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

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

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