This is an analysis of the poem Lyset Og Livet Er Tvillinger Bolde that begins with:
Lyset og Livet er Tvillinger bolde,
Døden alene kan skille dem ad!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXX XXXXXXA XaXXXXX XaXXXXA XXXXbbb babbXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001001 1011111 1011011011 111001101 10101010 11110010100 1011011011 101101001 111011010 1011101001 11101101 10100110110 101111010 11011011 1011011110 101101101 1010001110 100101111 1111100100 01100110100 111101011 1011011001 101111101 1010111011 11011010 1100110110 1001111010 11011011 101101101 1111111 111010101 111011010 1111010110 1011111110 1111101011 10110110110 1110011001 1111100110 101010011 1010011100 1011101110 1011011011 1011011001 1111111 1111011100 1001101101 101111011 101101101 1111101 101101101 101010111 11111011 11111001 11101101 11111001 1001001001 101101110 101011111 111111011 111110001 111110001 110101101 1001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, de, skal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words det, s are repeated.
The author used the same word lyset at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).
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- summary of Lyset Og Livet Er Tvillinger Bolde;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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