Poem Analysis of Elskerens Ønske by Jens Baggesen for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Elskerens Ønske that begins with:

Om dig, om dig er alle mine Bønner,
Til dig hvert Suk, hvert Ønske flyver hen;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXcXXbXXdXdXcXcXdXXXXXcXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11110111 111111101 1101111101 110111001 1111000111 1001111 1101111110 110110100 111111111110 1110110111 11111111111 1010011111 1111101110 1101011 1100111000 111001101 1100111000 11001111 11001001100 1101011101 10011011110 111010101 110111110 11011101 1101111101 1101110101 1101110101 111110011 11111111 1010011 111110111 11011011 1101010101 11111111 1110111 11110001 10111111 111001111 1101110111 110111100 111101100 111011100 1111110110 10111101 1111101101 10011101 111101111 111111
Amount of stanzas: 1
Average number of symbols per stanza: 1916
Average number of words per stanza: 350
Amount of lines: 48
Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; dig, om, at, maa, hvad, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, hvad, ei, jeg, o are repeated.

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Elskerens Ønske by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

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