Til Dannerkongen, Den 28 Januarii 1816 by Jens Baggesen: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Til Dannerkongen, Den 28 Januarii 1816 that begins with:

Konge! Du, som alle Danmarks Sønner,
Afkom af den ældste Hædersslægt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXb bXbX XcXX XXXb XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX XdXX cdcd XXaX XcXX cbcb XXXX XeXe XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 101111 10111111 1101010 01111110 11111111 11111111 10111001 101110100 1110011 11101111 1011111 11011111 111111101 11101111 100110111 111001011 111000101 101111101 10001001 1110101000 111011101 1011111010 10001111 1011110010 110110110 1110111010 10001111 11101101 100110111 111010001 1000111011 11111101 0111011 11111011 111011111 1100101 10101011 10110111 111110111 11001111 011110101 111011001 01101001 1100101010 10110101 1111000100 11110101 1101101100 10011100 111011110 111010111 111011110 1111101 11111001 111101011 111011111 11111111 100011100 101110111 11111101 111111111 111011111 11111111 111010110 1111011 11110011 101110101 1111111 111110111 10001011 111111100 1111011 1111111 11100101 111001111 1111011 10100011 11111110 101110111 11011011 111011 10111111 111110101 1101101110 111011 111111100 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; og, ei, med, hans, min are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words v, ei, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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