This is an analysis of the poem Den, Som Har Levet that begins with:

Den, som har levet en Dag i Sorg
og atter fundet sin Glæde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 1101011 101111011 1111011 111101111 1110010 10110111 1111010 11110111 11101 11010111 11011001 1010111 11011010 10101101 0110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; og, som are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Den, Som Har Levet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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