Der Vandrer En Pige by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Der Vandrer En Pige that begins with:

Der vandrer en Pige igennem vor By,
helbredt for alle Vunder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXXX XbXX XXXb XXXb XXXX abXb cXcX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110011 101110 1011101111 11010110 11111101 1111100 111111100 11111000 11111101 110110 11110110 1111000 11011010011 1101010 11111111 11111110 11011111 11011010 1111111011 11111010 11011101 1101101 11111111 11011 11111011 1111110 1101111111 11101110 11111111 11010110 1111111 111110 11001011001 1101011 11101011111 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, man, hun are repeated.

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

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