This is an analysis of the poem Snart Bortile Livets Dage that begins with:

Snart bortile Livets Dage,
de i Glæde nydes maa;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXaXa XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 011101 1111110 11111 01110010 011011 11111100 1101011111 110101 011101 1111110 11111 11111011 011101 1111101 1111110 110101 011101 1111110 11111 11111010 1111011 1111011 110110 110101 011101 1111110 11111 11011101 1111001 1000101 1111111 110101 011101 1111110 11111 11110111 11011001 11000011 11011010 110101 011101 1111110 11111 100111 00111011 1101111 11011001 110101 011101 1111110 11111 110111100 1111111 11110110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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