This is an analysis of the poem En Vise that begins with:
Den første Rus, som jeg fik i mit Liv,
blev lægt af min Mor med en iskold Kniv....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX bbXXXX XXXXXX XcXXXX XXXXXX XaXXbX ccXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111111 1111111101 1111110 111101111 1111101001 111100 1111110001 1111111101 11011010 1101011010 11111011111 11011 11011100111 11111111010 111110 1111011111 1100101111 1110 1101001101 11011101 1100110 1111111011 1101111001 111100 0111011111 1111011010 11110110 1111011001 111111011 1110000 111110111 11110111101 111111100 111101011 11110111011 111000 1110111011 1111011111 110110110 111011111 1111110011 1010110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med, jeg, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.
The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines k, gn are repeated).
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More information about poems by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen
- Analysis of Endelig
- Analysis of Endnu Siena
- Analysis of Epilog [vi Digter Ingen Hymne Til Minas Brune Haar]
