This is an analysis of the poem Og Har Jeg Dyrket Dagens Sol that begins with:

Og har jeg dyrket Dagens Sol,
og har jeg tilbedt Døden...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX bXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111101 1111111 111111 11110101 110100 1111111 11011 111111 111011 1111011 101111 111100 11111110 11111111 1001100 11111111 1111 1100011 11111 1110011 11110 111111 1111110 1111100 11111 11111100 111101 11111111 111100 1111111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 words og, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Og Har Jeg Dyrket Dagens Sol;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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