This is an analysis of the poem Morgen-Sang that begins with:

O Du, som aabner nu mit Øie
Paa ny til al din Herlighed!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXabX XXXbXX XXXXXX XXXXcX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XbXXaa XXXXXX XXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011111 11111100 11010101 11110101 111111111 11111101 11111111 1111101 01111 111101 11111101 1111111 1111111100 111111101 1110100 1011001 1111111 11100011 111111 01100100 10010010 110111111 11111111 101111 111111 10011101 1101011 01110011 110111 111101000 11111001 11010111 1101111 11111111 11111101 11011101 1111011 1111111 1110111 11110101 100111 1101110 11101101 10001101 1111111 1111111 1111011111 11111101 110111 11110111 10110101 10111101 11110111 110011 10110110 11010111 10111110 11011101 1111111 11111111 11110101 1111111 1101111 10011111 1101111 1011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; o, til, mig, d, og are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, som are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Morgen-Sang;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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