This is an analysis of the poem Den Unge Digters Klage that begins with:

Lig en Drøm min Foraarsblomst er svunden,
Frugten, ak! for Tiden falder af;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXXXbX XXXXXX XXXXXX XcXcbb XcXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XdXeXX XXaXXX XdXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXe XXXXXX XXXaXX XXeXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100010 101110101 111011010 11101111 1111111110 110111110 111011111010 111101110 1011101110 11101111 10101111 101110011 011101010 10111111 11101100 101110111 11010010 101111110 111010111 11100111 111111111 111111111 1011111 110111111 1110101000 11110101 111110100 10111011 11110101 11001001 11110110 111011101 1111111100 1110011 11101110 1111111 111110010 1101111 111000101 10101011 1011101 1011110 111110110 11110110 11111101 110011100 111101100 11101110 11011011 11101011 1111011 111111 111110100 1111100 101010010 1111001 10101010 110110101 1110110 11111111 100010101 111101 100010101 10101101 1011111 1111111 11111010 101100100 10111110 111100111 10101111 1111101 1111011111 111110101 111110111 11101001 10100110 101110111 1111101 1111111011 11100111 1111111 11111010 10110011 111001101 11101011 110110111 111001000 1110101110 111111100100 1111010 1011010 1010100110 10100111 10111110 111111010 10101011 11110011 101110101 111111101 11111101 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; mit, du, at, i, nne, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kun, snart, gjennem, ingen are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie, gter, mme, nne, ved are repeated).

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