This is an analysis of the poem Du Lykkelige, Spæde Dreng! that begins with:

Du lykkelige, spæde Dreng!
Tilgiv, ifald jeg dig misunder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 101011010 1011111 110010010 111111 110111 1001101 1010001 1101111 1101001 10110011 1110101 11111111 11011101 111111 11111011 11111001 11011110 11111111 101101000 1111111 1111100 11110111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; mig, har are repeated.

    The author used the same word hun at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Du Lykkelige, Spæde Dreng!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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