This is an analysis of the poem Til Bonaparte that begins with:

Hvilken Mand, Helt, Gud, o du Lyd fra Pindus,
Clios høisangfordrende Røst! hvis Gienklang...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX Xabc XXXX XXdX XcaX XXXX XXXe XfdX gXbX gXXf XXXX XXXX XXXb eXXX XXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101110 110001110 11100101 10110 10111111110 11101111111 101011010 1010 1011111010 101101110 101001101 1010 1011011100 1011110101 10011010111 10010 10101101011 10110000110 101010110101 1001 1100111110 111001010 1010001100 1110 10110011010 1011101011 101000111 1110 1111111110 1011011110 101011111110 11110 1111001110 10100111011 1111011011 10010 111001110 111001111 11111111 10110 111011110 101011100 10011011011 1101 1010101100 11011111010 1010111111 1010 11011100010 1110100010 1001001110 1010 111111111 1111110010 101111100 1101 101000111 1111110010 1111100110 1100 110101100 11111110 1100001111 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more 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; ilions, helt, n, hen are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ares connects the lines.

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  • summary of Til Bonaparte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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