This is an analysis of the poem Anden Sang that begins with:

O, fjerne Barndomstid! som os forlod,
Som vi forlod, og som i Mindet sover:...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 145
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 1160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, den, vi, i, og, han, af, at, sin, hans, moder, jeg, re, de, det, ham, ren, en, to, gang', med, l, kan, der, du, din, f, hvor, var, hun, dre, aar, nu, thi, d, dig, mig, paa, hvem, par, os are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, han, kun, hver, at, det, hvergang, om, var, hans, naar, h, jeg, i, af, nu, thi, med, til, paa are repeated.

    The author used the same words og, saa, hvordan, men, nu 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 den, der, re, nken, iet, m, d, rte, le, nder, ham, sset, tte, de, dem, ven, res, dte, ber, ste, rke, dig, maa, nge, rer, lge, bt are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words re, stine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases de, paa connect the lines.

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