This is an analysis of the poem O Moder that begins with:

O Moder, som gik fra mig,
før jeg fik lært at tale,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 111111 011100 11110 01101 110111 01111 110000 011100 11101 011111 11111 11111 11111 110111 1101 1111010 111011 011111010 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; at is repeated.

    The author used the same word du at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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