This is an analysis of the poem Ode Til Printz Friderich, Da Han Fornyede Sin Daabes Pagt that begins with:

Syng kunstled og urørt om Lykkens Gaver,
Om alt hvad, Jord og Tid og Rygtet haver;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXXXXXXXXXXXaXXdcXXXXXXXXXcbXXXXeeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXaXXcbXXcXXXXXXXXaXXXfXXfXXXdXdaXgXag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111010 11111111010 11011111 1111111110 1101111111 110111111 1101101000 101010110 11011111 110111010 111101000 1101111 1111011001 10101111 11111110 1111101110 111110010 11010011 11010111010 11111101010 11111101 1101110101 111110101 11011010 110101011 1111010111 1011010001 011001001 11110110 1101101 11111011111 1101110110 1110110111 11111111 110010101 11111111 10101111 111100011 111110100 1111111 111000111 1111111 1110101010 111011110 111011100 1101100111 1101111110 11001111 110011111 1011011111 1111110110 110111101 11011111 1110100 1100111101 111110011 1101010101 1100110100 1110011110 1110111 11110111010 11111011100 11110110 1101111101 101111110 10101011 111001111 1101110111 1111111 1111111101 11011011 1101111 1111011010 11111110 111111111 1111110100 1111111110 11011101 1101011111 1110111 1101011001 1011110101 1101110111 111011 111111110 1111110111 1111111101 11000111 111111110 1101101 1111111110 111011000 010101111 11111110 110011001110 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3954
  • Average number of words per stanza: 744
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • 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; og, jeg, i, ler, hvem, hans, din, mig, er, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, lad, din, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ye, ber, res, ler, ver, re, nge are repeated).

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  • summary of Ode Til Printz Friderich, Da Han Fornyede Sin Daabes Pagt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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