This is an analysis of the poem Børnenes Sang Til Storken that begins with:
Stork! Stork! Langebeen!
Hvor var du saa længe?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXab XXaX XbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100 11011 1011011 101101 11100 10110 11011110 1111010 11100 10101 10011110 1001011 11101 100110 0111111 101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.
The author used the same word stork at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Børnenes Sang Til Storken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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