This is an analysis of the poem Holgers Sang Om Livet that begins with:
Jeg saae kun tilbage. Mig Livets Lyst bortklang;
Da toned mig i Sjælen saa trøstelig en Sang;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110110110 1111111011 11111011010 1110101001 11101111 11011110110 1101011011 11111010101 111111001 11111000111 11111101101 1101100110001 110111101 11000110001 1101111011 11011001111 11111011110 11111011011 1101010110111 11011010011 11001010111 11010110110 1111101110 1110101001 11101011111 1011111101 1101111010 11011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; lad, d, er, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words een, hvor are repeated.
The author used the same word lad at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, e are repeated).
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