This is an analysis of the poem Til Charlotte, Grevinde Af Schimmelmann [du Som, Mens Ungdom Og Fryd Dig Omdandste] that begins with:
Du som, mens Ungdom og Fryd Dig omdandste,
Smilende Harpen, Du stemte, bekrandste,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXa XXXXaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011110 10100110 111101110 011111101 110111 1111111010 100111010 1011011001 10110101 11110110110 1111001110 111101011 101100101 10111111 111101011 11110110100 10111111110 1111001011 1111110011 111001111 1001111011 101101001 111101010 1111011011 101111110 11100110100 11111101 1111111010 101101111 11111101 1111011010 11111010 110100101 1101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 34
- 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; du, b, den are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge is repeated).
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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- Analysis of Til Dana
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