This is an analysis of the poem I Anledning Af Den Sal. Mad. Jacobsens Dødsfald that begins with:
O siig mig, du, som med afmægtig Klage
Vanærer Venners Hvilested:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXa XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XcXc XXdX XXXe XXXX XXXX XXXX XadX XXXX XdXX XXeX XfXf XXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 111011101 1010100 110111110 11011 111111111 1101111 11111111 01100 110011110 100111 1101110111 11101 1101011101 1111100 01111011 111001 111110010 11111000 10011110110 11111 10111110 111111 1111010111 110101 110101111 1111011 101011111 1001110 110011111 0111111 1111011011 10111 1111101110 011101 1101101110 11011 111010111 111110 1111110111 100101 100111011 101100 111111111 111101 111011101 10011111 1110111101 11100 1111100010 1010111 111100110 11011 11111111010 11011101 1100111110 111111 11010110 1111111 111111110 111101 1101110111 110101110 11111011 110101 10111101110 11011110 1011110001 111110 11111110 1111011 1101111110 11011 11111011 1111111 111001110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, han, d, du are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hvad is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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