This is an analysis of the poem Morgen that begins with:

Nu skyder Lyset sig i Østen op,
Den unge Morgen Nattens Tæppe løfter;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXX XXXXbbcXXXXXXdc XbXXaeaXXXXXXXXXfXfc XXXXgXgXXXXXXXcXXXgX hXhXXXXX iXXXXXjXdXdi kXeXXiXX XXXXXXXX XiXiXXXXXXXXeXkXXcXX iXiXlXlXXXXXXXXXaXaiXXXX XXhXkcXXXlXl XXXXXXXX XXXX XXkX XXX XiXidXdX kmXm Xiji XXXX hXXXXXXX XXdX kXiXdidi XXXX XXXXXXXegXgXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,15,20,20,8,12,8,8,20,24,12,8,4,4,3,8,4,4,4,8,4,8,4,27,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101111 11101011 1111011 110101011 1100011101 1101110110 110001111 1101011010 1100010101 11110111 111111 110111101 10011111 1110111111 110110101 1111110 11110111 110111011 110100011 1100111 1001010111 111110101 1111111111 11001111111 110100111111 11111111 110111111 111001011 11011101110 1111111111 0101111110 1111011001 11110001100 111110110 0111101010 11111011 110101110 11111001 11011110 1110010111 1101011100 11101111 110101101 10101111 100111111 101111111 011111101 11110011 101111110 110101111 1111111010 111101111 11111111 1100011001 1111101100 0111101 1000110111 0111101111 111101011 1010110011 110101001 011110101 1011011011 11011111 1101111000 11000111 1111011110 0111001101 10100110111 011111101 1101110001 101101110 110110110 1110011101 111111101010 1101001111 111011010 1111111101 1111011110 110110111 101101011 110111101 01111110 110111101 0111011101 111001001 110111111 111010101 11111111110 10111111 1111111110 01111101 1111111110 111110101 0111010101 010011101 1011111101 010100110 111001101 111110101 1001111010 1100101011 1011111110 1101111111 1111100100 101110111 1101111000 1100111111 111101011 1000011101 1100011100 0100100011 111010111 110010111 11111001 111001011 0101110001 11101111 1101010111 101101100 110011010 110101100 1110011101 110111100 1101011110 1111111 111111010 11110111 1101110101 1011110111 1101011100 1100111100 110110011 11100111 1101011111 110011011 11111111010 110101111 1111110110 110010011 10100111100 110011100 11010101000 101011110 1110001010 1111111101 11110011100 110011101 111111101 110111010 111100010 111111100 11010111 111111111 11011111 1101111110 111101111 0111101101 110111011 110110101 11111100 1101110110 11011111 11111111 11001111 111110011 111111100 11111101 111110011 1101110011 1101110101 11001011 110111101 100110111 110100110 1111011010 1111011100 11010111010 110111101 111100111 11111111 11111100 110100111 110001111 1111100 1001110101 111110 11111110 11110111 11111001010 111101011100 10111011 1111100110 110111010 0101110011 111010011 111011000 111011011 111001111 110011011 1111011100 111111101 11110110011 111011110 11101111 1101011101 110110101 111111110 11011111010 11110010 11111111 1101111010 11111011 1111110110 1101010011 11111100 11111011111 100111001 1111100 1101111100 1111011110 1101001101 0111111 10100111000 110111111 1101111010 1001101101 11011001110 111000111 1001110010 0101111 1111010 011101010 110111010 010101011 01011111010 01011011 011011010 1111010111 111000111 10111111010 111001011 0101011000 1101011100 11011111010 11110010 1101110011 11011010 110111111 111111001 111101101 110111111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 253
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; og, h, dig, din, den, som, med, af, du, ej, et, paa, i, en, hans, kun, hver, min are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, at, et, den, min, i, du, ved, din are repeated.

    The author used the same words og, hvad, den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Morgen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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