Poem Analysis of I Canovas Værksted by Schack von Staffeldt for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem I Canovas Værksted that begins with:

Styrted' en Marmorklippe sammen?
Er det Vrag af den faldne Fortid?...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXabXXXXXbXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXaXcXXXXXcXbcXXXXXXXXXX XXXcXXX DXXXXXXXXXXXXDXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,14,14,25,7,18,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 10110010 01111110 1101000 011110 01100110 1101010 101111 1100 111011 1111 11110 1111 110100 1100110 1101 101100 101100 110110 1110 111010 1001010 111110 11111 110010 10111 1010 1001 10000011 111010 10111 11011 1110010 1100 10111 110010 11110 110110 11101 1010 1111 101 1011001 110111 111010 1110 11100 1111 10010 110110 1111110 110100 101 1010 11001 1010110 1101100 011011 1 1111 101010 010110 111110 111 111010 1000100 1111 1011 11100 111001 111010 10000 1110 110 110 1010 1101 1100111 111100 0110100 1010 101 110010 11100 100010 1110001 1010 11001000 11100 111100 1000 1101110 011101 1011 101 1010 101111 1011111010 1111001
Amount of stanzas: 6
Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
Average number of words per stanza: 63
Amount of lines: 98
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; og is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, en, i are repeated.

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