This is an analysis of the poem Morgendugg that begins with:

Gâl nu, min Hane, Dagen er nær,
kølige Kjær...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaX XXXXX bbXaX XXXXX XXXXX ccXXX ddXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 11 1011 100101101 1100 111111 111 1011 101011001 1100 101001101 1011 1011 1011010011 1100 10100111 111 1011 11101011 1100 11111111 1001 1001 111011001 1100 10110111 1011 1011 10101111 1100 1101101011 1111 1111 1101101 1100 111110110 111 1011 1011010001 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, vaad are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word morgendugg at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Morgendugg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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