This is an analysis of the poem Kyllingerne that begins with:

„Jeg fryser, Moder, om mine Ben" -
„Og jeg har traadt i en Rendesten" -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110101110 1111111000 11011101 111101101 11101111 101111110 11111110 1101010111 010101111 111111101 01011001111 110110111 11011110 100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; jeg, og, er, blev, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines t is repeated).

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  • summary of Kyllingerne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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