This is an analysis of the poem Dagene Stækkes Og Mørkne I Nord that begins with:
Dagene stækkes og mørkne i Nord,
Til knap der er Dag-Skiær tilbage,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXXXX aXXXbXbXX XXXXcXXXX dXdXXXXXc XXXXXcXXX EXeXXfXfd EcecXXXXX XXXXgfgXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 11101110 111111101 11011001 1011101 111101 100111101 1011111 11111101 1111010011 1101111 111011101 11111101 1011001011 111011010 1011011011 1001111010 1001111101 0111011001 1101111 10111011 1101111 101111011 101101111 101111111 1111111001 1111111 11111111 11011111 1011111011 1101111 1001101001 11011011 100111101 1110111011 10010111011 1111001011 1011100 101111101 1111110 101001101 10101111 11111101 111110111 1010011111 1010011111 1101111 111111001 11001011 1111111 1011011111 111101011 1110011011 1011101 1010011111 11011110 1111111011 10011110 111011010 10010111 10101101 1111111 1001110001 1001111111 1111111 100111101 111101 1111101011 101111111 11110111 100111001 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; med, i, som, har are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word velkommen is repeated.
The author used the same word lys at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
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- Analysis of Brun Og Balle
- Analysis of Bisper Og Præster, Som Axled Ved Daaben
