This is an analysis of the poem Da Jeg Gik Ud Fra Vor Muse that begins with:

Da jeg gik ud fra vor Muse,
en hellig Moster mig stopper,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba XXX XXX XXX bXX XXX XbX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11010110 11111 11101010 11101 10101010 1111101 1101110 110101 11101010 1101101 110111 1111010 11001111 11011000 11011011 110110 1111110 1101101 1111010 111111100 100110 1001001 111110 10110110 11101000 10001000 111110110 1100100 111010 11111 110111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 hun, ej, og are repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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