This is an analysis of the poem Ludvigs Gienfærd that begins with:
Marie foer af Sengen op,
O! Jesu! frels mig arme!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaX bXbbX XXXXX XXXXX XXXCX XDccX XXXXX XXXCX XDccX XXXXX cdXcX edeXd fXffX gXXgX XXeXX XcXXc eXeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101 110111 111011 111011 111110 11111111 110111 111111 1001101 1101 11111111 110111 1101111 1111110 11011 11111111 110111 11110111 1110100 11111 011111 110110 11111110 1111111 1111100 1111110 110111 11110101 11111001 01111100 1111111 110111 1000111 11111111 1111 1111111 11110 11111110 1111111 1111100 1111110 110111 10111101 11111001 01111100 1111100 11110 111101111 1111011 1111100 1111111 111111 11011110 1111101 10110100 111111 11011 111101 111111 10011 0111101 110111 1111111 111111 11111100 1110111 110111 10111011 1011111 0111100 11011100 110010 100111 11010100 11101100 111111 11111 1110101 1101111 111111 111011 1101010 111111 11111111 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; og, er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word der is repeated.
The author used the same word der at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word harme at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Ludvigs Gienfærd;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Jens Baggesen
- Analysis of Lønnen
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- Analysis of Mai
