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

Fredrik
Undskyld, om jeg Dem vækker for brat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXX XX bX XX XX XX XX bX XXX XX XX cb XXX XXdXd XXXX eded XXXX X bXXX XaXaX XXXX XXXXd dXXX XXb bcX XXXX XXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,5,4,4,4,1,4,5,4,5,4,3,3,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10111111 1110110100 111100110 1101101010 10 11001 01 1001 100 1110100 10 101110111 100 1001001000 10 11010 01 1111 100 0011110 1111100 10 11 100 1111 11011011001 111111 10 11011011 111111 100 111011111 1101110 1010011111 11101010 101110111000 1001111 11000111 111101 1110011111 111110010 110110010111 11101110 1111011110 10111100 11001110001 001100010 1010110111 01 1111110 10011010010 1110110110 10 1101011111 10110011 110110111001 111101 1100111110 10111001 1100011111 1111001 10 1101011110 111100 101111101 11101110 1101110 101101 110001100001 1110110 10 111001101 1011001 01 101101101 1100010 1111111 11101 110110101 11010 11111110 1111010 1010110111 111100 10 11111110 11011101 1101111001 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; r, er, be, dem are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words k, ie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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