Poem Analysis of Da Hun Var Bortreist by Jens Baggesen for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Da Hun Var Bortreist that begins with:

O! hvor er Glimt af Trøst? Omsonst mit Øie
Igiennem Taarer stirrer mod det Høie!...

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Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXbXccXbXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 110111101111 1001010111 11011011 101111111 11110111 110110110 11101111 110111101 1111011 1101010110 110110110 11101010 111011001 111011100 1110010101 111101011 111101101 110111101 111101111 1111110001 11111111 111111110 1101110110 11110100 11111110 111011110 1111111 11101011 11110011000 110111010 1101110101 110111110
Amount of stanzas: 1
Average number of symbols per stanza: 1286
Average number of words per stanza: 242
Amount of lines: 32
Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 8
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; d, med, og, har, i, den, min are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie, d, kker are repeated).

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Da Hun Var Bortreist by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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