This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Vil Ej Dø that begins with:

Jeg vil ej dø, jeg vil først mætte
Den Lyst til Liv, der i mig bor,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11111111 11011110 11111101 11111101 111111 11011101 11110011 1111111 111111011 111111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, f, kun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word kun is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jeg Vil Ej Dø;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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