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

Der er en Legende om Manna,
som snéed fra Himmelen ned....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XcXX XcXX XXXX XXXX XXXX AXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110 1111001 11001100 1111000 111101 11001011 11101 1111001 111011010 111111 11011110 1101111 01101010 110111 11110110 11001011 1101101 11001001 1101111 11001001 1110111 11011011 1111011 11011010 110111 111101 11011011 11111110 1111 1100111 11111001 1101101 11011001 1111110 11011010 111111 10110110 11111111 10011101 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; til, og, r, i are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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