This is an analysis of the poem Brudstykker Af Arions Lyra. 1787-89 that begins with:

Chor af Dianas Nympher!
Velkommen, velkommen Minone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXXXX XaXa bccXc XXXXX XbXXXbXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXdd XXXXXX XX XX Xe Xe XXXbe Xb XX XXX XXX XXX XbX XXX XXXXX cbcX XXXX XXXX XXXXXbaXa XXfX XXXXXX XXXg XXXX XXXg XXXf XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,5,5,10,4,4,8,6,2,2,2,2,5,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,5,4,4,4,9,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 10010010 11011001 01010010 1101001 10 101010 1110 1011 1111 101111 1010 1001 1011 111 10110 1111 0111 10100 110 1 1111 11101 1111 1110 10 111001110 1011110111 1111011010 110111111 1101110110 11111011 11011111 11011111 111000111 10 1100101 11111110 1101110 1 1111101 111101 11011110 10 11001 011101 10101 111111 101100 1110011 101010 101101 10010 10111001 1011101 110101 1010111 11100 1110111 110 111111 110 11001 110 101001 100 1011100 1001100 1111010 111101 10 11101110 101010 111100 100 11011 1101 10 010100 1101 100 01011 1101 100 11010 11001 100 111100 1101 10 1001001 1001001 111111101 111101 11111011 11100110 1101111 11110010 11111111 11111010 111111101 1111110 1111110 111101 11011111 111101 100 01111 110010 11110 10011 1111010 10101 1111010 11101 11011111 11011111 111000 01101 10 1011110 111011 1001101 1111110 1111111 101100 101001 111100 101111101 11111 101111 1101111 10111 101100 101001 111100 11111101 1111111 11110 1110111 11100 1011101 11111001 1111110 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 150
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; e, det, min, jeg, hvad are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dog, hvor are repeated.

    The author used the same word en 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 e, dme, ver are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ver, d at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Brudstykker Af Arions Lyra. 1787-89;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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