Poem Analysis of Til Døden [i Livets Torden-Nat, Hvor Alt Omhyller] by Jens Baggesen for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Til Døden [i Livets Torden-Nat, Hvor Alt Omhyller] that begins with:

I Livets Torden-Nat, hvor alt omhyller
Min bange Siel med Taushed, Skræk og Mørk,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11010111100 111110111 11110100 1011011101 11011101 10011101 111110111 11111111 1111111 11111011 1111111 1111110110 10011111111 110011100 110011011 11110100 1111010110 11011111 1101110110 110110111 10011011 101111111001 10110111111 011111101 110111001 10010101011 111010001 110110011 101101011 10011011 101101101 100110110 1101111110 110111001 1111001111 110101011 110001110 11101111 1010010100 0111110111
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
Average number of words per stanza: 29
Amount of lines: 40
Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
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; ingen, har, mit, o, theseus, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vi, har, omsonst, o are repeated.

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