This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Var Et Jordens Barn that begins with:
Jeg var et Jordens Barn og fuld af Lune,
Og Glæde var min Tanke som mit Ord....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011111 1111111111 11111011 01111111 111111111 11101111 111111111111 1101011101 1110111110 1111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; var is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word det is repeated.
The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Hans Christian Andersen
- Analysis of Julesang I Det Collinske Huus
- Analysis of Kjærlighed
- Analysis of Klæd Dig Ikke I Rødt, Ikke Heller I Blaat
