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

Som Snee bortsmelter Støvets Dage
Som Nattens Dug forgaaer vort Liv...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXXXa XXXXXX bXXXXb XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 11011011 110101110 11011100 1011110 011111 1111010 11110011 101101110 1111010100 100001 111101111 10110011 11111111 1011111111 11100110 110111111 1111101 11111010 0111111 1011101 1111111 11111110 111111 111111 1110111 11010110 1111111 11111 11110111 1110111 111011 1110010 1101111 1110111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; som, o, du, l, den, min, skal, med are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ye, be are repeated).

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

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