Balders Sidste Taarer by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Balders Sidste Taarer that begins with:

Fører did mit Støv, I Vinde! fører
Did mit Suk, naar Balders Læber blegne...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101111111 0111111011 11001101 11110111 111110110 10100111 101000100 110011110 101100100 100011101 1100110110 1010001110 101101101 1101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; rer is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word rer at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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