This is an analysis of the poem I Marts [skal Jeg Mon Rejse? Skal Jeg Mon Blive? ] that begins with:

Skal jeg mon rejse? skal jeg mon blive?
Let over Himmelen Vaarskyer drive....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 110100101 1001011010 111111010 100111010 1110110 1001011001 100001101111 11011111 110110111 110111110 101111001 11110111 1111011001 110010100 110111000 110110111 1101110110 101110110 11110110110 1111110 1111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, og are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Marts [skal Jeg Mon Rejse? Skal Jeg Mon Blive? ];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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