This is an analysis of the poem Der Var En Kæmpe, Stor Og Stærk that begins with:
Der var en Kæmpe, stor og stærk,
Engang i gamle Dage,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaX XXXXbXX XaaAXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXaA XXXXXXX bXXXXXX cXcXXXX aXXXaXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 10111 1111101 111001 111101001 111111 11101 0101110 101010 1011110 1101110 1101011 1111101 111111 1001111 110011 1110111 111101 111011 11110100 110111 11111110 110111 11011111 111101 11111110 111111 111011 11010111 11111 1111101 011101 11110100 11110111 110110 1111111 110110 11011101 101110 11111101 1110011 111101 1000111 11111 1111111 111101 11011111 1101111 011100 111011 110110 11011111 1101010 11011101 111111 111110 1101111 110111 110111 010111 11110100 1111011 1101110 1101011 110110 11011101 1111010 11100101 1111101 110100 11010111 110111 11011101 111101 1101111 1011101 1101000
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d is repeated).
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- summary of Der Var En Kæmpe, Stor Og Stærk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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