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

Hver lys Skærsommernat, naar Jorden sejler
igennem Rummet sølverhvid af Dug,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011010 100101011 110101100 11010111010 111001101 1111111111 1101111100 1101110 110111111 110101111 11111111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    The author used the same word hver at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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