This is an analysis of the poem Til Fru Leonore Heckscher that begins with:

For et lille Digt, saa stort
Knap som Enden af min Finger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXbaXXXaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11101110 111111 10101110 111011111 1110011 1010110 111111 1100111 1111101 111101 1110101 11011 100111 1111101 111111 1110111 111011 10101000 1010000 1111 111011 10111 111111 111111 11101110 1110111 1011111 1110111 1011110 11101010 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of Til Fru Leonore Heckscher;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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