This is an analysis of the poem Du Kalder Mig Tavs Og Melankolsk that begins with:

Du kalder mig tavs og melankolsk!
Maaske — rent nægte det mægter jeg ej....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010111100 1111111 100101011 1010101 101110100 1111 1111101111 111111 101111011 101011011 1110110 111111 11111000111010 11111111011 100011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 551
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; jeg is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines frit is repeated).

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  • summary of Du Kalder Mig Tavs Og Melankolsk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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