This is an analysis of the poem Dag Uden Mage that begins with:

Dag uden Mage!
Evigheds Morgen!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXXXX XXXXXXXXX XccXXXbbX XXXXcXXdX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXbXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXddX XXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 10010 1110 1001 1001 1001 1011 1101 10101000 1001 1100 10100 1010 101 101 1010 110 101111 1011 10010 10010 101 1110 1110 101 111 101111 101 101 101 1011 10110 1010 101 111 101101101 110 10110 10110 1010 1011 111 1010 1011 10011111 10010 10110 10110 10110 111 1110 1111 0101 100001111 101 101 1011 1011 1011 1011 101 1011 11001010 1111 1010 1110 1111 1111 1011 1011 101 101100101 1001 10010 10010 11100 10010 10010 111 111 10111101 1 1010 10110 10100 1111 1011 101 1011 1001 101101101 1110 1111 111 1010 111 111 1111 111 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; os, er are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hilset, morderen, alle are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, de, ver, ger are repeated).

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