Recitativ Og Aria by Johannes Ewald: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Recitativ Og Aria that begins with:

Recitativ.
Naturen smilte — See! — dens Haardhed smelter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXa XXXXX XXbbX XXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000 1001111010 1111101 111010011 1101111111 111111010 1110010010 11101101 10111110 100 101011 110111 110011 1011101 1000 11001011100 110010111 1011111101 1111101100 100 1001111 1111111 1111110 10110 1010101 1011000 1100101 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; og, de, for are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mig is repeated).

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