Aftensmaaltidet by Johan Ludvig Heiberg: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Aftensmaaltidet that begins with:

Vilhelm
Ved dette muntre, gjæstfrie Bord...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXa bba XXX cd XX bX XXXX eXXX XXbX XXfX baXX XXgX hiXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX cX XXeX bXXXc XXXX bigi XhXhX XXXX gXXX XXXb XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX eaea XXdX fXfX cf XX XfX eXXX XXXX XXXX XXcc XXXb bjaja XXXX cXX XXX fhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,3,3,3,2,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,3,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,3,3,4,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11111 0101100 11011111 1011110 1110111 111110 11111011 110011 110111101 110011110 111101110 1101110 11110111 11010110 111101110 11001110 10 1111111 1101010 10 01110101 110110110 10 110111111 111110110 01 10111 10 111 10 1101110 1101101111 111111100 101111110 1111110 0111010 110110 1111111 1110111 100101111 1111110 111111101 1111110 110101111 1111011 110111101 1111111 11110001 1011010 111111011 111111110 111111101 1101111 1111111 1101011 1100110111 1111110 110111 11011100 11111111 11111111 110111100 11110 1101110 1111110 111101101 1111110 111111101 1101111 101101011 101111 1101110110 11011100 11000111 1110110110 10 1100 01 1101 10 101010 10001111 11101 10 111101101 11111111 100111111 1101110 11111111 111010 11110110 111011010 11110111 1101011 111101111 1101011 10 11010111 11111 10000111 10110011 0110111 1111110 11111111 11000110 11111111 110101 1101100100 1101111 100111101 1100010 110001110 110111 1111110110 1111011 1101110 1111011 110001111 111010 11011101 110111 11111001 10111 11110100 101100 1101110100 111010110 10011001 1100100 111111111 1010010 111100101 1101110 11111011 110110110 10101111 1111000 10010111 111111 1110111001 111011 01 101111101 10 110111 10 01100111 1100110 100111001 110101 11011101 1101001 11110110 101010 1111111 11101110 11010101 1110110 11111111 111111 10110111 10111011 11111101 1111011 11111100 1111011 011101101 1110011 10 111101011 1111110 110110101 10111010 1101011 1100100 101101 11011 01 110010011 1011111 10 11111110 1100110 11111101 1111111 111111001 11111 10 1111111 01 1111111 10 111110100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 54
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 215
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, s, n, jeg, er, nu, og, i, de, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, at, nu are repeated.

    The author used the same words han, saa 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 bliv connects the lines.

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