This is an analysis of the poem Børnene Og Den Graa Morlille that begins with:

I Hjertet sidder en lille Person,
Han gestikulerer saa saare,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXXXXbXXdXXXXXXeXXfXXXaXXXfXXXXXfeXecXXXXXXX XXbXeXXXaXdXXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 11000011 110111010 1110011 11011011 110110110 111111101 101111100 11111101 11111110 11111100 1101100 110111011 110110110 001101110 1101100100 11111011 1111111 1011001011 11011111 111101001 1101111 11111111 110110 10100101 0111101 1110111110 1101101 01010100 1111001 11011101 011011 1110101001 1111110 111101111 1110110 1111101110 1111101 100010111 1111101 110111101 11010011 1101001110 11011010 1101101011 1111101 11111101 1111001 11011101 1101111 110111100 1111111 1100101101 11011010 111011011 110110110 1101111 011101 110111101 1101111 101111110 11011111 11110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 219
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; han, det, og, de are repeated.

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

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