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

Kommer hid, I Piger smaa!
Strængen vil jeg røre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXaXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXbXXX XXXXXaX XXXXXXX XXXXccb XaXaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1111 101111 11111 1111100 11101 10110 1001101 1011 1011101 10111 111111 1011111 1101 1111111 1011 101111 11101 1001101 111011 111000 1111111 10111 111110 11101 11110 100011 111001 111111 1011 1000111 1011 111101 111111 1011 111111 1001 101101 11110 110111 1100101 11101 1111101 1011 111111 10111 11110 111111 111100 100011 10111 101111 10111 111110 11010 10100 111101 1111 1110111 10101 1011111 101011 11101 111101 1011 1011100 1011 1011101 1110101 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; i, d, de are repeated.

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

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

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

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