This is an analysis of the poem Elegie that begins with:
Hvad seer jeg? kan et ungt uvæbnet Ãie,
Med blot Uskyldighedens lyse Blik,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXbXX XacaXX XXXXXX XbXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX daXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX cXcXXX XXXXXX XXXXcX XXXdXX aeXedX XXXXXX cXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101 111000011 10110101 111110101 1111111100 1111011001 111111101 11010100 100110101 11011101 11101011 11001111 100110111 111001111 1111001100 11111111 110001111 010101001 1110010100 111001111 11111011 1000110111 11111011 11110010110 11011100110 1101011001 1010110110 1010011101 1101111101 1111010101 1100111110 1101110 110101111 110111100 110111011 110101111 1101011100 1100010101 11111101100 10001110 101111110 1111111110 110101110 11101011 11111100110 010011011 1100001100 111000111 1101110111 0101110111 011010001 0101111010 111101101 1111011011 111111011 11010011101 11111101 1111111011 1111110011 1101110001 1110010010 110111101 111101111 111111111 1111111111 101111110 111111110 10110100 110001111110 111110111 11111001111 111011111111 11110111010 100111111 0111111110 101101101 011111110 111111111 01111110010 110011111 1100011100 111010001 111111111 011111111 0111100111 10011111 111110 1000111111 11011100010 10110110 110011101 1100010110 0101011100 11010110001 11011101 111111111 111001111 1100111111 1101100110 111101011 11001111001 1000110111 1110010100 111001111 1111011110 110100101 111111101 110100011 11111110010 11011111 11100110 1100110101 11010111111 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 114
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i, der, og, du, af, mit, hans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words v, hvoraf, hvad, du, jo are repeated.
The author used the same words hvad, du 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 mme, de, ger, dig, rer, nker, re are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word de at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Elegie;
- 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 Elegie [nanna! Du Vil Altsaa Fra Mig Tage]
- Analysis of Elleskovs Mysterier
- Analysis of Elskerens Ønske
