This is an analysis of the poem Moderen Med Barnet that begins with:

Hist, hvor Veien slaaer en Bugt,
Ligger der et Huus saa smukt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011111 1111 10011 110111 101111 1010101 1010111 111100 1010111 101101 1011111 1001111 100111 11111110 1011000 1011101 1100111 1111101 1101101 1010101 1111101 110101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 Moderen Med Barnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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