This is an analysis of the poem Cantata For Raadhuus-Strædets Concert that begins with:
Recitativ.
Hun falmede, og mat og nu afmægtig,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXbX X XXaXXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 110111110 1110111101 11011111010 1111110010 1101010111 101000100 0110110110 01011110110 101101100 111110010 1101110010 1101010101 111101100 111101111 111111011 1111111101 11110011 11111111100 11111101 0111111111 100 1011000 101011111 11101110 101111 101110 1111101 1110101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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; og, du, den, min are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, h are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).
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