This is an analysis of the poem Et Jævnt Og Muntert, Virksomt Liv Paa Jord that begins with:
Et jævnt og muntert, virksomt Liv paa Jord
som det, jeg ville ej med Kongers bytte,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010111 111111101 10011111 11101111 111110100 10011111100 11011110 11001111000 110111111 111111100 1111111101 1101110011 111111101 1101101000 11111101 11010110010 1101111101 1100011110 110011101 1101111110 111111001 1011001011 1110010110 11100110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og, er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, og are repeated.
The author used the same word et at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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