This is an analysis of the poem Melodiens Almagt that begins with:

O du, som skabte blide Melodier
Til svage Dødeliges ædle Lyst!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXbb XXXXXXXX XcXcXXXX aXXXXXXX aXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 1110011 11111111 111000111111 0101110110 101111100 111011101 100111101 1111010101 1100011101 11011010 110111011 110010010 01111101 1001011101 01011111 111111101 1111111 111110011 11001111 11011011 11110100 11111101 1111110011 1101011110 11001111 11110110 111101001 110011111 110011101 1111111 110111111 111011110 110010101 1111011010 11011101 11110101 1101011101 11011111 110111011 110010111 1100001101 11101001 1111011 10101001 100001011 110001011 11110001 110101011 11101111 10011011 11100111 111110111 11011001 1101011101 1111111 11011111 11111011 11011111 11011111 10011111 1101011001 110010111 11110101 0101111000 111111110 1111001101 111000100 01010111010 1101010110 010101111 1110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, og, i, h, st are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word kun is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ver is repeated).

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  • summary of Melodiens Almagt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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