This is an analysis of the poem Med Store Tanker Har Jeg Levet that begins with:

Med store Tanker har jeg levet,
Og dybe Stemninger mig bar...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 1110011 1011011 11000101 11001110 11011101 1101110 11010111 1111111111 11111111 1111111 1111111 1111111 111111 1111101 1111011 11011111 11111111 1111101 1111010 11101010 11110111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; og, dets, paa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Med Store Tanker Har Jeg Levet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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