This is an analysis of the poem Nu Lakker Det Ad Tiden Småt that begins with:

Nu lakker det ad tiden småt,
da jomfru vår vil komme....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXabXXX XXcXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XbXXXXX XXXaXXX dXdXXXX XXXXXXX cXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX eXeXXXX aXaXXXX XXeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110111 11111111 010101 101011 1101 1101111 10111110 1100100 11111111 11110 101011 1101 1101111 11111 01001 1101101 11111 101011 1101 1101111 11011100 110111 111101 11111 101011 1101 1101111 11011100 11011 111101 0110 101011 1101 1101111 11110111 11111 11011 110010 101011 1101 1101111 11011110 110110 11111011 111010 101011 1101 1101111 1111111 101110 11011101 11111 101011 1101 1101111 1101010 11111100 1111101 1101110 101011 1101 1101111 11010100 1011 11011101 101111 101011 1101 1101111 1101101 10011 1100011 11111 101011 1101 1101111 11011111 110110 111010 011000 101011 1101 1101111 11111111 11110 1111111 1101010 101011 1101 1101111 1111101 110101 11000111 11011 101011 1101 1101111 10010111 101010 1101111 11110 101011 1101 1101111 1111100 1111 10010101 1001 101011 1101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nt, og, er, der are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nt is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word nt at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Nu Lakker Det Ad Tiden Småt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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