This is an analysis of the poem Slutningssang that begins with:

I Ungdoms Dage
Med Mod i Blikke...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXX XXaXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXaXX XaXXXaXXXXbbXX XaaXXaaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1111 11110 1100 1101 1011 10010 1100 11010111 11111110 111 1100 1111 1100 111 10100 11010 1100 111 11100 11110 1100 11111101 110111110 1111 1101 111 1100 10000 1110 11100 1100 11010 11100 1110 1100 110101001 11011111 11100 1110 11000 1100 11010 1110 111 1100 11000 11100 1110 1100 11011111 11011111 1111 1101 111 1100 11100 11110 11010 1100 10110 1110 11010 1100 11101111 1111100 1011 1111 111 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vor is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nker, r, re are repeated).

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

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