This is an analysis of the poem Min Muse Er Sabas Dronning that begins with:

Min Muse er Sabas Dronning,
der drog til Kanaans Land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XaX XXX XXb XXX XXX XXb XXc XXX cXc cXa XcX cXc XXX XXXXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 111101 111011010 1110 1011001 1101110 1110110 10010010 11011110 1101111 1111111 101111 11011110 110111 1101101 110111 111111 1000101 11001110 111111 1111000 1011100 11011010 110111110 1011100 110110 1110011110 1101111 11111101 1110111 1111000 1111110010 11100100 110110110 11111100 11110110 100100 11011110 10111010 1101101 11001101 10010100 01011001 11011111 1100110 11111111 011011 1110011 11111010 1110101 11010110 10111 10010110 1001010 110111 111111 11101 01111101 11101 110100 11110 1011010 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, r, en, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, i, jeg are repeated.

    The author used the same words jeg, det 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 r, re are repeated).

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  • summary of Min Muse Er Sabas Dronning;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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