This is an analysis of the poem Raad Til Unge Ægtemænd that begins with:

O, du, som med din Lillievaand
er nyligt lagt i Rosenbaand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXX cXdXddXX XXaaaXeeXX XXbXXaXc XXXX XXXXXXXXaa XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,8,4,10,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 01011100 1110111 1100111 1111111 11010111 11010111 111101 1111111 1111100 11010111 111111 11111101 11011101 1010011 11011101 10011001 011001 11110111 1101111 11010101 1100111 10111101 11110111 110111 110111 11111111 10111101 1001111 1001100 11110011 1111011 1001110 10011101 1111111 11011100 1111111 1111011 1111111 11110111 11111101 1100110 11110111 1001001 11011111 1111101 11110001 11110101 1011111 11011101 1011110 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, r are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rk, r are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Raad Til Unge Ægtemænd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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