This is an analysis of the poem Den Lille Ulykkelige that begins with:
See, hun har de trinde Arme
Ængstelig mod Døren strakt,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXXXX XbXbXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXcXX XXXXXX cacXXX XaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 10111 101111 10110 111011 110110 101110 111101 1010111 0111111 1110111 1011101 1011101 1100111 111110 1111011 111101 1011100 1101010 1001101 11101010 10110 1010110 1011101 100111 111011 111111 111111 111111 10101 101101 1111111 10111 110110 110101 101111111 1110011 0110101 111111 111101 111111 11111 11101110 11101 1111110 11111 1000010 1100101 1111100 11111 11111 11110 1010100 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; hun, ki, de are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nger is repeated).
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- summary of Den Lille Ulykkelige;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Emil Aarestrup
- Analysis of Den Naive
- Analysis of Den Sovende [karether Rulled I Sandet]
- Analysis of Den Sovende [lad Mig Dække Dine Spæde]
