This is an analysis of the poem Balders Graad that begins with:
Nys, o Nanna! giorde mig saa glad
Et fortryllende jeg veed ei hvad;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXbbXXXXXXXcX XXcXXXaXXXXXXXXXbcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 11001111 111011101 11111110 111011101 1000111 1111101 10101111 101111111 101111101 11101011 10101111 111110111 111000001 1011111101 11101111 1110101110 111011100 111011110 11110101 1011101010 10111101 10111110 100011101 100111010 1011101010 111101 1111110 1110111 11111011 101110111 1000001111 10101011 10111101 1111011 1101111 11101011 1011101010 101011100 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 706
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; og, rinder, i, blinder are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words som, atter are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, ie are repeated).
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- summary of Balders Graad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Jens Baggesen
- Analysis of Balders Sidste Taarer
- Analysis of Da Jeg Var Lille
- Analysis of Den Danske Naso I Det Tydske Tomi
