This is an analysis of the poem At Intet Er Saa Sundt, Som Glæde that begins with:

At Intet er saa sundt, som Glæde,
har Tode sagt paa smuk Latin;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 1111110 1110111 111100 111100 11010010 11010111 1111111 1101111 1110110 1001111 111111 11011110 10111101 1111100 10011110 11110101 1111011 11011101 1011010 11001110 1101011 1011101 111111 11110100 111101 11010110 1110111 1101101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of At Intet Er Saa Sundt, Som Glæde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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