This is an analysis of the poem Farvel Til Min Første Kjereste that begins with:

Jeg var ung, da Du mig første Gang
Fandt blandt blomsterne paa Foraarsvang:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXXX XXXc dXXX XcXX XXeX XfXX ccXX XdXX XXgX cchh Xfii hhXX XXXX XXXX Xdii XXXX jjaX bdeX XXfX XaXX XXXX XXfX XdXX XXXX dXXX bXXX XXXX Xgaa XXXX bXik XXdd XXik
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11101100 1101010 1110110 100011101 101001110 1011101 11011101 10111101 1101100 101011101 10101101 111111101 1110111111 1110010 111100110 111111111 10111111 11001111 1111001 1110011 11110101 101011111 11011101 111101100 1111101 101111 111010101 10110111 1100011 11111111 1111101 11110110 1111101111 1111111 11110011 101001101 111101011 10111101 10110110 0111111 0111011 011000110 11110111 11110111 10111011 101011101 10111001 101001101 111010111 1101111 1111010111 10011011 101111101 1110111 1111111111 11111101 111011101 1110110 111011111 111110111 11101111 111011101 1111111 111011101 111111101 111111100 1011001 101011111 110010101 1010101 10101100 111011101 11111101 1111111 1111100 111111101 11111011 111101101 10111110 10111100 11011111 10101101 1001011 010111101 10111111 10111111 1011101 11101111 1110111 011111101 001110101 101011101 111011111 1111111 11111111 11011111 111011 11110001 11110111 11111111 1111110 11111001 111001001 111111101 011010110 111101101 11110111 111111100 111011101 11111001 111011101 1111010101 111111 101010101 101001101 11111011 1010001111 01100111 111001100 1010111 1111011 1110110111 1111111010 11101111 11111101 111011111 111110001 1011100 111101101 11111101 1011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; dig, var, du, mig, er, det, ej, i, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dr, er, aldrig are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines k, e are repeated).

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