This is an analysis of the poem Døden Og Doctoren, Eller Den Sorte Pest that begins with:

Engang laae Døden (som sædvanlig bleg)
Matgispende ved Roden af en Eeg,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXcXbdXX XeXXXfXfXXXXXXeXXbXXXgXXhXiXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXX XaaXXXXXXXXXXhX XXicXXddXhXjXj XXXXXXhXXhXh XXXXeXde XXXXXXfXXX XcXXXXggXXee XccXXXXXhXX XXXX XhfXXXXXXXhX aXaXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,29,24,15,14,12,8,10,12,11,4,12,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 100110111 10110110101 11110111 11111111 100111111 11011111 11100110001 111111 11110111 111110 111101110 110110 1111111101 1101110111 1001011 111101110011 11110111001 1111001 11110111111 111111 1011110100 1101001001010 1110101011010 1111010011 110011110 1101 1110011111 11111110101 1100110101 1101 11001110111 1101111 111011101 11001110110 1111111 1111111 11111101 1101011110 011011 110101011100 11011111 111110111 111111101 1100011 1011110111 11010111111 01010110011 1101010111 111111011 1111111 1101111011 110010011 11111101 11011110 1111111 1111111 11011111001 110111100111 11111111110 11010000111 1111100 100110010 11111101 1111111110 110110100 1111 110011111 11001010 11011 110111111 010101111 111 0100011111 1111000110 0111110 111010110 1111111010 111100111 11111111010000 11111100 11011111000 1111001010 11101111 11111100111 1111111101 1111 1111000111 11010111111 1111011111 11011110 1110011111 1111111 1111111 100011101 1101111111 1001111111 1101111 111111010 111100 100100111101 111110100 1111111110 11011111 11111110 11001010 111100111 110111101 110100111110 11011110 111110111 110101111 1101010101 1110111 111111110 111111 11111110 11111111 11111001 1111111100 111111111 11111110 11111110 11010111 11101111110 111011101 1101 111111110 111 111110000 1101110011 1111 11011110110 1111111110 1111110111 110011101 111111111 101111011 111011111 111110111 11011110001 11010011 11111110 1110 110111111 111100011110 111100110100 1101111101 11110011101 1111011111 1100111101110 111111110 111001110 111100111 1101111111110 111110010 110011110 111111111 1100101101 11111111 110111110 1101001001 11110011011111 111111 11111110 11111111 11011110000 111100100 111111111 1111110110 111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 171
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; en, at, og, den, jeg, mig, man, mod, i, af are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, le, t, sen, den are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase jeg connects the lines.

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  • summary of Døden Og Doctoren, Eller Den Sorte Pest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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