Husker Du Den Lille Fod by Viggo Stuckenberg: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Husker Du Den Lille Fod that begins with:

Husker du den lille Fod,
naar hun drog af sine Sko...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbXX XXXb XXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 111111 11111 1111 100111 1101111 11111 1111 111111 1111 1101010 1101111 1010111 110011 1110110 110110 110 11111 111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Husker Du Den Lille Fod;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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