Balders Veemod by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

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

Hvilket Jordens Ynde-Tempel pryder
Uskylds Krone nu, hvor doppelt røde...

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 tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101011010 101011101 101010101 11101110 1010100100 10011010 10011101 10110110 11110110 111010101 1110001000 11100011 1111001100 100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, hvor, mon are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvor is repeated.

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

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