This is an analysis of the poem Bryllups-Sang Af Catullus that begins with:

Ungkarlene
Hesper, I Ynglinger! er der, Vel op da! Hesper paa Himlen...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX XbXcXdXXXX XXXdXXX XXaXXXX XaXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXcXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,10,7,7,6,4,11,19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1011000111110110 10010101101010 1011111100101 111010111001100 1011010111100 10 11110101111111 11110101001011 11111110111010 1101001011011111 1011010111100 100 10110111101101 111011011010 11010011011011 110011010001110 111001101110010 101011111100110 100101100111010 0111101111010 1011010111100 10 101101111110111 011101001110010 1001111011111010 111001101111010 0111011101001 1011010111100 100 101101111110111 01101000101111 1011111111110 111001111010110 11010111101111 1011010111100 10 1001011110011 101001101011100 10111001011010 10111111110111100 1011010111100 100 11010111011101 0111011011110110 1011010111100 10 1011100111101 10110111111010 10111001110110 10100111110010 1111111110110 10110100101111010 101011011100111 11100111011010 1011001011111011 1011010111100 100 101110111101101 101111101101 111111011110 1010111010110 10110111011101 11110111111010 1011110011001 10101101110011 1111111011010 10110111101011 11111011101011 101111111110010 10110101011011 100010110100 1001000110010010 1000011111101 111101101111010 1011010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; hymen, den, af, er, hun, men, en are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word us at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Bryllups-Sang Af Catullus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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