This is an analysis of the poem Cantate Ved Jubileet Den 11 May 1779 I that begins with:

FOR BEGYNDELSES-TALEN
Chor. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaaXbXXb XXXXXXXXcXXXXXXXaXXXXXXdcXXaddXXXXXdXdX XXeXXXcXX XXXbXXX e XXcXX e XcXX XXXa X XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,39,9,7,1,5,1,4,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 1 11011110 11100110 101111110 11110100 1101111 1111101 11011101 1111111 1000 110110 101010010 1111110111 11110100 110111100 110111101 110111011 11111111 1111111101 11101110 1110011111 1110110110 110110101 10111001 11011111 110111101 11101111 111101111 110110010 1000111110 1110011101 11110110 1101101110 11111101 1111001111 1110110 11110100110 111100100 1100110110 11010111 110101000 1001110110 1101011101 111111000 11101110 111111101 1111110 1111010111 10 11011101 101101110 10111111 1111011 1111101 1111111 11111011 111111 1 1101011 1111011 1101111 1111111 1111110 111111 111001 1 1111111 11100101 1011111 11110111 111001 11111111 11011111 11110111 11111000 1110010110101 11001100 11111110 1111101 11010 1001011 111011 100111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; ved, og, da, om, dig, din are repeated.

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

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

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