This is an analysis of the poem En Morgenscene Ved Vildsted Sø that begins with:

Dagen skimter,
Morgenstjernen glimter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbX XXXXXX XXaXba XcXXXX cXXdXX XXceeX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXe XXXbXf eXXddX bXXXXX bXXXXX XXXXXX bXfXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 100010 111 110 10110 1111111 1010 101010 111 1010 1010 10101111 0110 11100 111 1010 11110 111011101 111 11010 11111 1010 1111110 111011110 010 11101 111 111 10011 1100111 111 1011 011 1110 10110 10111010 111 10111 111 1100 101100 1110111100 1110 11110 11011101 1100 100110 1111011 101 11111 111 101 1111 1111101 111 1111 111 1110 11110 11111111 0010 111000 11 111 11101 111011001 110 111010 111 101 111010 1111011 1110 111010 111 1110 111110 10100111 110 111110 100 1010 100010 1011111 1010 111110 11101 111 01111 10110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, kom, b are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kom, f, b are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, nger, kken, synger are repeated).

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  • summary of En Morgenscene Ved Vildsted Sø;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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