This is an analysis of the poem Thorvaldsen that begins with:

Guldharnisket Septembersolen gryer -
See, hvor den med den sidste Skumring strider!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa XaXX XXX XXX X XXbX XXbX XXX XXX X aXXX aXXa XXX XXX X cXXX cXXX XXX XXX X cXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100001 1111111010 1101010010 1100010110 1000101110 1111110 11001101100 1100110011 11010110010 11010101010 111011101 1101111110 11010101110 11101110 10 111011111 1000110111 110111011 11111100 1111011010 1101111110 11111011 110111101 1011101010 10011111110 10001011 10111101 11111011 1101010001 100 1101111110 11001101010 10111101110 1111111101 10011110 11110111010 1100111110 1101111010 110110101 11011100 11011001 110101101 111011111 111111110 100 111101001 110111101 11101111 101111111 1110011 111110101 1110111 11100111 101101101 010111101 100101111 111001110 11111001000 111110001 1100 111101110 1111001110 1111011000 1111011000 11101110110 1100101010 11111010 1110011010 11110101110 11011101 11001111010 1111111110 11001111 10110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; med, og, det, ved are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, hvad, det are repeated.

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

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

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

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