This is an analysis of the poem Vin I Huset that begins with:

En Flaskekarl med Kurv og Skødeskind
i Skumring til en Frue kommer ind....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaX XXX XXX bbX ccX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011110 110111101 1111101100 111101011 11101111 101100101110 111011111 110111111 01011001100 111101011 1110111 110110110 111011100 11011101 11010110110 1111001 111101111 11111100110 11111101 111011110 11001111100 110011110 1101111 111111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; han is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vin I Huset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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