This is an analysis of the poem Dag Med Ære, Dag Med Ynde that begins with:

Dag med Ære, Dag med Ynde!
Rosen-Krands om Lilje-Vaand!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XaXXXXa XXbXXXX XcXcXdX XdXXXXa XXXabbX XXXXXXX XbXXXXa XcXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101111 111110 111101 101101 110001 111010 11111010 111101 10101010 11111 110111 1010101 111101 10111110 11111 1101110 111110 11101 1011101 1100111 1100100 1010101 111110 111101 1110101 11011 101111 101111 1011101 110111 111111 1011001 110001 1111001 10111010 111101 11110 101011 111111 1011111 11111 11111100 1010001 11111100 101100 1101000 1000110 1010101 101111 1011111 111100 111011 1111010 10101100 111101 1111010 111101 1111010 1111000 101111 1111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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:

    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; de, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Dag Med Ære, Dag Med Ynde;
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  • idea of the verse;
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