This is an analysis of the poem De To Kilder that begins with:

Langs Livets Vei to Kildevæld der rinder,
Det ene sødt, det andet bedsk Du finder....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010110 1111101010 101111111 110111111 110111110 011111101 110111011 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, nket, mme are repeated).

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  • summary of De To Kilder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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