This is an analysis of the poem Vort Liv Ustadigt Er Og Kort that begins with:

Vort Liv ustadigt er og kort,
saa ere Glædens Dage;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbXX XXXXbbXX XcXcddXX XXXXXXXXX XXaXeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100011 1111 11110101 110110 1111101 11101101 1101110 1111010 11010111 1101100 1101111 111010 11111001 11111 01101 110010 1101101 110110 11010011 111010 11010101 11011101 1011110 111110 1111011 11111 1101111 1101 1110 1101 11010111 111110 1111 101111 0111 1111101 11110 01011101 11010111 110111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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