This is an analysis of the poem Thorvaldsens 'Psyche Sælger Amoriner' that begins with:
Hver Gang, o Du herlige Mester!
jeg sér din Kunst,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXX XXXXXXXX dXXXXbXX XXXXeXeX XXXXXXfX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXg XfXfXXXX XdXXXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXcX XfXXXhXh XXXbXXXf gXgXeXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 11011 011011 1101 110111100 1101 11011110 1100 11011001 1111 11101 1101 111011 0111 1101011 110 1011101 1101 10111000 1111 1110010 1101 1111010 1101 110110 0111 111110 111 1101101 0101 110111 11111 11111010 1111 1011001 1101 101010 1001 10111011 1100 10111111 1010 111101 1101 1111011 1111 1001011 101 11001100 1101 11101010 111 101010010 111 11110110 1101 11001111 111 0111111 111 110111100 111 111110110 1100 111111 011 10001111 1101 1111010 0111 111110110 1111 1111111 1111 1111101 1101 110101 1101 11110001 111 11011110 111 111001110 11100 1101100 1101 01110110 1001 1101101 1111 11101001 110 11011011 111 1111111 1101 1101110 1100 11111111 1011 11011011 1111 11010110 111 11001011 1100 11110011 1110 11011111 1101 101110 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, en are repeated.
The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Thorvaldsens 'Psyche Sælger Amoriner';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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