This is an analysis of the poem Vor Gamle Caro Holdt En Støi that begins with:

Vor gamle Caro holdt en Støi,
thi Vognen kom for Døren;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXA XXXXbbXA XXXXXXXA XXXXXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 110111 1101111100 110111 1100111 11011111 1111 101010100 1011101 1111000 11011100 1101110 11110101 111111111 1111 101010100 1111111 111110 10111100 111110 01111 11000101 1111 101010100 10101101 11111 1100101 111111 1101011 11101000 1111 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, duidu are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word du at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Vor Gamle Caro Holdt En Støi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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