This is an analysis of the poem Min Anden Skabelse that begins with:

Udannet sprang jeg af min Moders Arme,
Udannet fra min Ungdoms Leders Haand;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXabaXXcXcXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXcdXXXXXXedfXfXXXXXcXcXbXXXXXbXcXcXXXXececXXXXXXXbXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111101 1001110101 11111101 1110011111 1111011010 1100010011 111110110 11011101 1110101010 111101010 11111101010 11111010 11111110110 1101010101 1100111010 11111100 111101110 10010111 1010110010 1001111 110101100 11011011 11111000 110100011 11111101110 11111100 11110111110 1110111111 1101111010 11100010 10000101010 111110110 1101111 1010011101 11110110 110101011 1100011101 11101110 1111111010 101110100 1111110111 111110001 11111110111 1001001111 111101111 11110011 1111110100 111101111 11110111010 11111011 11011101110 1101110111 101101011 110101101 1100011101 111010101 111011110 110111111 11101111010 1010011 110101001111 111110000 111110101 11110111 11111011 11001001011 111110110 11101101 11110111 1111001101 111111111 110110111 11111111 110111111 111010111 1111011101 0111111 11111010 1110110111 111111010111 011111111 1111010000 110111011 1110101101 110100011 1111011100 110111101 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3474
  • Average number of words per stanza: 637
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; og, i, da, jeg, f, nu are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words udannet, da, det, og, nu are repeated.

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  • summary of Min Anden Skabelse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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