Maurisk Motiv by Sophus Niels Christen Claussen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Maurisk Motiv that begins with:

Kære, hvorfor græder du saa meget,
saa ustandseligt? og dog saa trøstet?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX 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: 11010110 110001111 1011110 1111011 101010001 11111110 1111111 11111110 1101110 011001110 1111110 10111101 1001110 111110 1111111000 1011011 1010111 10101111 11101110 1111110 111110100 111111 1111100101 11111010100 11101111 11100111 10101010100 101110111 1110111110 110000111110 101111100 11101100 111111111 1111111 11111111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; saa, jeg, mig are repeated.

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