This is an analysis of the poem Da Jeg Var Syg that begins with:
Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis — Horat:
Lyksalig Den, som langt fra Verdens Larm,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XabXXcXcdXXXXXXeXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeeXXXdXbXXXXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,52,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010010 1001111101 011110111 111100011 11011111 01010111 010111010 01101101 0101110111 11111101 011111000 110111101 1110001101 1110001101 11011101 11010010 11111001 1111001101 111011100 10101101 110111011 1111011101 111011101 100111101 110101011111 1111101100 111101111 110111110 111101111 110111111 1101111100 1100010100 110111110 110111000 11011100 1100110011 110110101 100111111 111111001 110101110 110111100 111010101 1000010101 111011101 101111111 100111011111 101111011 110011111 1001011110 1100110111 1101010100 11111111 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1020
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; er, d, naar, og, ey, som, mig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words er, hvi are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines l, d are repeated).
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- summary of Da Jeg Var Syg;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Johannes Ewald
- Analysis of When I Was Ill
- Analysis of Fragment [svulmende Vellyst, Du Som Mit Bryst Af Leer]
- Analysis of Fragment [lær Mig]
