This is an analysis of the poem Første Kys that begins with:

Den Gang, jeg var et ungt ubændigt Blod,
da havde jeg for ømt og fint et Mod....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbaX bXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 1111111111 110110111 111111100 1111011100 110111101 111101111 1111110 110101111 11011100 10011110 11101001 11111111 11110101 110110111 111111010 111101111 1011111011111 11111111 11110101 1111011101 111101010 11011110 1111001110 110111111 101011101 100111011 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; og is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg 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 mt is repeated).

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  • summary of Første Kys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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