This is an analysis of the poem Nytaarsdigt Til En Fader (I) that begins with:

O du min Ungdoms troe Veyleder,
Som styrer mig til varig Lyst...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXabXbXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101100 11011101 101101000 111011111 1011011 11111110 0101111111 1101000 111111010 11010111 11010010 1110111 111111110 1101111 1000011 1010011111 1101111 11111101 111111 111111 1111110 11111101 11110110 11111101 1001101 1110101 1110111 1011011 1111110 101111 1110110 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1032
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; det, du, at, og are repeated.

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  • summary of Nytaarsdigt Til En Fader (I);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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