This is an analysis of the poem Stemmer that begins with:

Den ene:
Saadan blev Livet givet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa XXXX XbXb XcXX XXXXX XXXc XXXX bdXd XXXXX dXXa dXXX dXXX XXeXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXe bb cX dd XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,3,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1011010 1101101 10111111 110010 110111 1011111 1111001 10111001 11111 11111 101101 111111 11010110 111101 1111110 1011001 110 110010 11001 11010 110110 11011 11111 1101100 1111 1111 1101 1111 10011 1011 0111 11000 1101 11 11110 0101 110110 1011 10111 1101 0111 11101 111 1011 10010 1101 11011 1110 11001 1100 110 11010 111 01011 111 11110 11000 11110 11000 1100 1110 111 11110 111 11101 111 1101 11 11111100 10111101 11111011 10110111 11111011 101111011 1010111 11100111 1111110 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvem, saa are repeated.

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

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

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