This is an analysis of the poem Ungdom that begins with:

Vi lærte med Haanden mod Hjærtet
at trykke vort Pulsslag tyst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 111101 1111001 11001 11011001 1100111 1101110 0111111 0111111 1101111 11101110 1101101 1010111 1100111 11111011 110110 111111 111001 111111 11111011 010111 110111 11111 1101101 111011 1011010 11101 111111 100111 11011011 1000111 110101 11001111 11111001 11101010 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, har, er, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, den, kom are repeated.

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

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