This is an analysis of the poem Til Den Elskede that begins with:
Hvad er det, o! Pige, jeg hos dig tilbeder?
Hvad er det, mig binder med magiske Baand?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX abaa XcXc aXXb XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111100 1011101101 1011101001 10111001011 110111110011 1011101011 1101111011 1101111 1101111110 1101111011 10001101010 110010010110 11011111 1101011111 1101100101 1110101 11111110010 111011001 111010101 10011111001 11011110100 1100111101 1101101001 11010011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, det, din, o, i, skj, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvad, o, see are repeated.
The author used the same word hvad at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Til Den Elskede;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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