This is an analysis of the poem See! Hvor Hæftig Døden Ryster that begins with:
See! hvor hæftig Døden ryster
Lifsens Himmel-søde Træe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXb XXXaXXXX XXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 101011 111111 10111 10111010 101111 1100110 111011 1011110 1110101 00111110 110001 00100110 11101 10111010 111111 1111101 111110 1110101 111111 0101111 1110111 011111 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og is repeated.
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