This is an analysis of the poem Til Et Barn that begins with:

Kom ud, min lille Stump!
Tag paa de gule Støvler!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX bcbcXXdX XXXXXXXX XXdXbXXX dXXXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 11011 111101 11111 11011 111101 11011 110011 110010 100111 1100010 110111 11010110 1100101 1110110 11111 110110 111101 11111 111110 11111 111101 110111 111111 1101110 11111 1100110 110011 1111110 110111 11110 1111 1101110 110111 1101110 11111 101110 111101 1110110 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hvor, din are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Et Barn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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