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

Endnu engang, I længst henfarne Dage!
Fremstiger bag de mørke Manddoms Aar;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXc XXXX XXXX Xded fXfX XgXg XXXX XcXX XXXX XcXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XeXX XXXX XXXX XbXe XXXf
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 100101101 110110110 111101101 110101110 1101101 1111110001 11010101 10111011 0111101 11010111111 1110011111 111111110 0100110001 111111001010 11111111 111111101010 1110111 01011110 1110110 111101111 111010101 11111011 111101111 1111111111 1111011111 110101111 111111111 1101111110 11101100 11111111111 110100111 10111111 110010111 11111111111 111011011111 11101011 111010111 1101011110 11001111 11010111000 111110101 110101110 11101111 111110001 11011001 111111111 11011101 11111110 1110011 110110110 1111011 111111011100 11011001 1101111010 111111111111 0111111101 1110111 11111111111 111110100 11110111 1101110001 1110011101 1111110101 111101111101 110010111 1111101 111101111 11011011 1111111 111111110 11011011 1111011111 1100110 1111011 11111110 11011000100 01011011 1101101100 110111011 11110101100 01111110 1101000100 1101110001 1111101110 1111010011 111100011 111110111 1101100111 110101111 111001011 1111111 110101011 10111111011 0111110001 111110100 11111101110 11011111101 1101110110 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; med, jeg, d, i, min, og, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words paa, jeg, og, saa, min, af are repeated.

    The author used the same word saa at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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