This is an analysis of the poem Ønske Til Jomfrue Cecilia Wormstrup, Paa Hendes Fødsels-Dag that begins with:
Fryd, som Dydige kun smage,
Skiønhed, som ey Aar betage,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXAXBXX cXcXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXAXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1011110 1111 1110101 111111 101010 1010101 1010111 101110 1111000 1011110 111101 111111 1110111 111011 1111111 111101 1110101 1110110 1111110 11110100 110011 11 111011 1011110 1111 1110101 111111 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; ingen, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ingen is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rer is repeated).
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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- Analysis of Ved En Fest Paa Kronprindsens Fødselsdag
- Analysis of Indføds-Retten
- Analysis of Johannes Ewald’s Last Poetic Sentiments Some Hours Prior To His Death
