This is an analysis of the poem Barn, Du Er Mig Som Den Store Skov that begins with:

Barn, du er mig som den store Skov
fyldt med Skygge, der saa mildt beroliger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX bXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 1111111000 11111101 11101110000 111001111 1110100110 111010101 1111111110 11110111 1101111 11111100 10110101 11111111 111111 111010101 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fyldt, som, og are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Barn, Du Er Mig Som Den Store Skov;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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