This is an analysis of the poem Mit Liv Er Vokset Fra Dig Længst that begins with:

Mit Liv er vokset fra dig længst,
det løber fort, og dit randt ud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XbXX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111 1111111 101110 1111101 11011101 1111101 111111 1111111 1111011 11111101 11001001 10110101 1111111 11111111 1111100 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, du, jeg are repeated.

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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