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

I Hovedstaden i en Gade
En Kræmmer leved, tyk og feed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX XbXX XXXX XcXX XXXX cXcX XdXX aXXX XXXX XXbX XeXX XXXX fafX XXXd eXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 1110111 1110111 11111000 11110111 11011101 1111011 11111000 11111111 11010001 1101011 1101111 111101000 1101010110 110110010 11010110 10011110 1110101 11011010 1111100 1011110 1111111 1101010 10111111 1111101 1011111 101101011 11000010 1111101 11011101 11111000 1110111 11111 11000101 11011101 1111101 11011101 11010111 1111101 111111 11001110 11001101 111101 1110110 1101111 1110110 1101110 11010110 1111101 1101011 1011101 111111 101111 110111 1111101 1111111 1111111 11110010 111110 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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, han, hans are repeated.

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

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

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