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

Jeg morer mig i Byens
Forlegne, snevre Gader...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXb XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 10110 1101110 101000 110110 110110 11111 1101110 110110 1010000 1101110 110010 1100110 110110 1100010 110010 10011 10011 11100 1111 111110 110111 1011100 11111 101010 11111 11110 101100 1000110 101111 100111 11110 110101 1001100 101011 11110 1101110 11010 110100 111110 1100010 1101000 10110 1111000 1111 101101 011010 111000 111011 11001 111110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; de is repeated.

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  • summary of Bylivet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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