This is an analysis of the poem Tanker Da Arveprinds Frederik Giennemgik Smaa-Koppernes Indpodning that begins with:

Da Glædens Soel stoed høyest over Norden,
Og Sorrigs mindste Skygger selv forsvandt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXXXbX XXXXXX cXcXcX XXXXXb XXaXXX XXXXXX XXcXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 110110110 101111110 110101001 111101011 111110101 1101110001 1111111 1011101111 1011110101 111101110 1111001111 11101111 11111111 1111110111 11011110 111111111 111110011 1011101110 111011001 1101011110 1101110110 1011111110 1111111101 111111101 110111001 101101011 110111101 101110100 111111111 011111110 11101111 1111111110 11011101110 1110101110 1111101100 111110110 1100111100 1111011001 11011111 111111101 111110110 11111110 111101101 1001110010 1101111010 111111110 11110111 11111011 110111000 1111011101 11010110 11111111110 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, det are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word see is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nner, rdet are repeated).

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  • summary of Tanker Da Arveprinds Frederik Giennemgik Smaa-Koppernes Indpodning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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