This is an analysis of the poem Nyt Liv that begins with:

Og hun var min. Her i de stærke Arme
Jeg krysted hende ung og spæd og fin,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb XXXXXXXX XXXXXbXX XXXXXXXX XcXXaXaX XXXXdcdX XbXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 110111111 110111101 1100010101 11111110 111110111 10110101010 11011111 11011101100 111110011 10011110 110011101 1011101 110001100 110111011 11011011 1011111110 1111110111 11101110 111111110 1101111100 1101010101 1101111101 1111110100 11001111010 1111111110 11101111000 1011110100 110101011 11011011 111010111 11101111 111111110 110111101 110111100 11011111111 1111111010 1111011111 111111110 11110111 111111110 1111111 1101111110 100111111 111111111111 111111011 1111011101 101110111 11101011101 1101110111 1001110101 11011001 111101011101 111111111 1111000110 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; og, som, kan, saa, jeg, det are repeated.

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

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

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