This is an analysis of the poem Biergmands-Liv that begins with:

Den over Jorden byder,
som maaler Jordens Bund,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX baXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XcXX dXXd XbXX XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 110101 1110010 11111 110010 110000 111110 11001 110010 110111 111100 111111 11111 100101 111111 1101101 01100 1101 11110 111101 100110 110100 11011 111101 1011110 110010 100100 11100 11111 11011 11100 11101 111101 11011 111110 11010 1111010 111100 1111010 110011 11111 11111 11111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; hans is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word som is repeated.

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  • summary of Biergmands-Liv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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