This is an analysis of the poem Et Prægtigt Marmor-Bad that begins with:

Kom nu, min vakkre Yngling!
Nu Alt er tilberedt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbXbXcdXXXXacXXXccXcXXdXXXXX dcXXXX XXXXaXXXXeXXXXXXX dXX XXXXX df XXXXA df XA dgXXXX XXXXX XX XX Xd XX XX Xg Xe Xa XX Xd XX XX XX Xc Xc XX Xc Xd Xd XX XX XX XX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,6,17,3,5,2,5,2,2,6,5,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 110100 11111 01011 111101 11011 011000 11101 1101010 110101 110110 111000 1111100 111011 11111 111100 01111 01111 1101010 11110 01111 11011 1101110 110111 11101 111101 111110 11011 110101 11001 11101 11111 010 111111111 11101101 110011100 11001111000 110101100 1000 111110 11011 111011 11101 1111110 01111 110001 111100 101101 01111 110111 110100 11110 111111 110111 100100 010 1111110111 110110 100001 101110 1100110 1010110 111100 010 101111111 10000 1010110 101111 1111010 1110111 010 1011111101 10000 1110111 010 1101110 10010110 10011111010 100111100 11111100 1000 1011101 1011100 11111 1011101 1110 110001001010111111110111011 1 1001111011101 10 10011010101011 1 111111011101 10 1101001011001 1 0100111001101010 10 1111111111 1 1001111111111 10 111110111111 1 101111111011 10 111100101111 1 11000110111 10 1111111011111 1 111011111111 10 1110111001 1 10111010101111 10 01111010111111 1 111111011101 10 1111111110 1 0110111101101 10 0110111101011 1 1111110111111 10 11111101110111 1 101111001111110 1100110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; du, n, ski, mere, om, dine, bliv, en are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, hvi, ski, styrke are repeated.

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

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

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