This is an analysis of the poem Lad Mig Ej Dø! that begins with:

Lad mig ej dø en Dag, Naturen bader
Sig glad og lykkelig i Solens Glands,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXXbb XXXXXX cdXdXX XcaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110010 1111001101 110111101 111011101 1111101 110111111 11110101110 100111111 110010011 110111011 111110001 1100010110 111111001 11100101 110001111 110101101 110011101 111110001 1111111110 1101010111 11011111 11011011 1111111 111101101 11111110010 11011101 1111111010 111110111 100100111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Lad Mig Ej Dø!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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