This is an analysis of the poem Lystig that begins with:
Hvorfor jeg er født? jeg véd det ej:
Min Fa'r og Mo'r...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101011111 1111 011 01111010 11110111 1111111101 1111110 101111111 1111 1111 01111100 11110111 1101111011 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ej is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.
The author used the same word hvorfor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Lystig;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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