This is an analysis of the poem Forældreløse that begins with:
Jeg ser dem paa Gadehjørnet at staa,
Jeg ser dem, de fader- og moderløse Smaa,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110011 1110101101 11111011 11011101101 1111111011 1101110 010110101 0111111 0110110 11111111 11111111011 111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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, dem, og, ser, dig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jeg, en, du are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bar is repeated).
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- summary of Forældreløse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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