This is an analysis of the poem Lille Lise Ved Brønden that begins with:

Tæt ved Huset Brønden staaer,
Lille Lise til den gaaer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX aaXXXXXXXX XbccXaXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 11111 1010010 1111101 110111 1111 1111011 1101101 1110101 111111 111111 1110101 101111 111100 100111 1111101 1111101 101111 1110101 101111 101110 111111 1111101 1100101 11111 111011 11111 111101 011011 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lille Lise Ved Brønden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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