This is an analysis of the poem Det Gamle Systém that begins with:
Paa Dødsseng du ligger, det lakker mod Slut,
Ej findes den Drik, som dig atter kan kvæge,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXXX XXXXXXX AXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011011 11011111011 111010111 1101011110 0101011111 01111111 11001 01010111100 110011111 1100100001 1101101110 1111111111 1101111011 1011 1101011011 0101101110 111110010 010100011001 1110100010 110011001 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word du is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ge, mme, der are repeated).
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