Smagens Forfalden by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Smagens Forfalden that begins with:

Jeg læste samlede, hvad mange Gange
Jeg sang i Vennelag,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 111100 11000111100 110001100 11011101 1100110111 1101010101 111011 111110110 110000111 110110101 1101111110 111100001 11111111 11011111 11110011011 100111110 101110110 11011110 1111100 1111011010 101101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 794
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; g, fors, til are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, rker are repeated).

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