This is an analysis of the poem Kun Saaledes that begins with:

Mon nogen har levet, som bar til det sidste
sin Ungdoms Tro, sin Ungdoms Tillid frelst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXaa XXXX XXX XXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXbXX XXcX XXXXX XXXX XbXdX XXX XXXXX XXXXX XX aXXXedb XXddXX XXXX cXXeXX XXXXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,5,3,6,7,4,5,4,5,3,5,5,2,7,6,4,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011111 1101110101 110111111 11111 111101 111011 11 11111111111 10111111 11111 11111101101 1101 1101 110101101 0111111001110 111011110 1110101101111110 11111110 111111110 1111111110 101101 1111101111011 1100101111 1101101 1111 1111 111110111 1100111 11011010001110110 110101101 101 11010 1101010110 01011110 1110111 11110110 11011010 101011010 11011010 10101100 1010 1111110 1011 10101 0111 10011111 1111 1111110 101110 1111 1011110 0111011 11010 111 01100010 1111 1 11111100 1010 1101111 1111111 101011 10100 11111010 11101 100101 11010 1101111 11 111101111 11111010111 11101 11101101110 11011011 1011 11101000111011 111111110101 1111 11110111111 10111111100 1101 1011111000 101111 10 110101111011 101011110 111001000 111101110 11011101110 1101111101 11101111 11001101111 10111111 111011 1101 111010 1101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; det, for, du, saa, v, alt, og, den, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, det, alt, frugtbar are repeated.

    The author used the same word og 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 nat, derinde are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word draabe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases miste, alt connect the lines.

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

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