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

Langs ad de natlige Gader
to Skygger mit Fodtrin møde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 010111101 1101110 110011 10011100 11111 11010 111011 1101111 1101110 11110 110110 1101111010 1101010 11010100 111100 1011110 101101 11011111 110100 10111001 11111111 11111 1100111 1111110 110110110 1100010 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; de, ej are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ej is repeated.

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

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

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