This is an analysis of the poem En Tigger that begins with:

For mig maa nu Skildvagten blive sort,
Saa slap jeg dog gennem Havens Port....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXcXXXddcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 55,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110011 111110101 111010010 1101111110110 1011101 11101101 11111111 1110011111 111011110 101011110110 111011011 1110110 111100110 111110110 10011111 1100111111 1111111111 111111001 111111100 1111100110 111101011 110101111 111011010 111000110 111011110 110111110 111111110 1111111010 1101111 101101101 1111101101 111101101 111100101 11110101 11111111 11011001 1110111 111110101 101101101 110110011 11011101 10110011 111101001 110111011 110111110 111111110 011111001 110111111 11111110 11010111 11011101 111101110 1101101100 111111110 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1974
  • Average number of words per stanza: 403
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, d are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge, d are repeated).

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

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