This is an analysis of the poem Bacchus Og Cupido that begins with:

Nu siunger høit, og lad Luerne brænde!
I et Lag af begiestret-unge Svende...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XbcdXc XXeXXX XbXXXX bXXXXX XdXXXX XXeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 111110011 11101011 11111001 1110100100 11110111 1101111011 111011011 11001101 11101010 1010110110 111111 1111011001 1010110111 11101101 11110011 11111011 111111 11101111 11101101110 1111111 111110010 11001101110 10111101 110001011 111010011 111011 111110110 1110111110 11111001 1111110110 110011011 1111111 110011111 1111001 1111111 111111011 111111111 10111001 10101011 101011111 11110101 111100101 11110101010 10101101 1010110110 1111110 11110101 1101001110 1111100111 1111101 1111000010 11011110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; vi, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lad, hvorfor are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nner, re, ie are repeated).

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