This is an analysis of the poem Mit Levnet Bestandig Har Sandet that begins with:

Mit Levnet bestandig har sandet,
hvad Underværk Viinguden gjør....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XaXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100110 1101001 11011110 11011110 1101111110 11111111 1111101 110101 1110000 110111 1101110 1111011 11110011 1011111111 11111011 110111 11100010 1100111 1101101 11011001 0111110 11101011 111111110 11101111 1111001 1111001 11011001 11001010 1110011 10011111 1111111 1101110 1111111 11011011 1101011 111110 1110110 1111111 111110110 110101 10101 11011001 111011 11011001 110111011 1111111 1111001 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Mit Levnet Bestandig Har Sandet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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