This is an analysis of the poem I Anledning Af Hr. Palludan Og Jfr. Lønborg's Mariage that begins with:

Bort vilde Latter! — Kiendetegn paa Daarer! -
Bacchanter rase — Glæden fælder Taarer. -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa bcXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXc XXXXXX XXXXXX cbXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100110 10011110 110111111 111111 110101111 11111110 1101110110 110101111 1101101111 1011010001 100101101 101111101 1111111010 11111101110 1100100111 110100110 01101101 11011111 111010111 111011111 1100101 111111111 1101101011 11011111 1011010101 110111011 111111000 101101011 110110100 01011111 10111100 1110111 110011111 110111011 11111111 11101101 111111011111 110010110 111101111 111010110 11110111100 110101110 11101001 111111111 111111101 110111110 1101011101 111011111 111101110 11111110 1111011000 111101001 11111111 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; gl, den, de, og, min, hans are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, ye, ber, nker, nge are repeated).

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  • summary of I Anledning Af Hr. Palludan Og Jfr. Lønborg's Mariage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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