This is an analysis of the poem Den Forgangne Tid that begins with:

Vilde forfra Du begynde Dit forsvundne Liv igjen
Med dets Fryd og lange Smerte?« saa Du spørger mig, min Ven,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX XaaXXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010110110 111111101111 111111111100 1111000111111 111110111110 11111111110 101001101110111 10110111100 101000011101 11101110111100 10111011110110 111101111101 1111000111111 111001101111101 11111101011 10110101011101 111110101110111 111110111111 111111011111011 1010111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 564
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med, dets, i, den, at are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines m is repeated).

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  • summary of Den Forgangne Tid;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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