Poem Analysis of Himlen by Jens Baggesen for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Himlen that begins with:

Venskabs Kjæder, alle Selskabs Stænger,
Giennembrød min Aand i Flugt til Dig;...

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Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXXXaXaXbXbXXXXXXXaXccXX XXXXXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,8,
Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1011101 10111111 111010011 111110111 111010011 101110001 1101101010 11001010 11111110 111011 1110101110 1110111 111101010 101111101 10011111100 11111111 10111111 10111111 10111111 101110111 1110111 10111001 1110111 1111011 1110100 1111011 111101 10101101 11111000 1110011000 11110001 1100101100 111011101 10111011 11111011111 111111011 1101011
Amount of stanzas: 2
Average number of symbols per stanza: 689
Average number of words per stanza: 125
Amount of lines: 37
Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mig, i are repeated.

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Himlen by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

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