This is an analysis of the poem Til Cecilia Wormstrup that begins with:

Brød vel Apoll sin Daphnes spæde Græne
Til Krands for mig? — Naar stammede jeg Digt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011 111111011 1001111100 110110111 111110100 1001011111 111011100 111111111 1100111010 1001011110 1111101100 100111101 1010010010 111101001 10111111110 1101011111 111011110 1111011101 1111110010 111010010 111111101 11111110 11111111100 110111110 1111111010 110110010 1101111000 11011011 111001111 100111011 1001111100 111110111 1 111111111 100111100 11111111111 111101100 110101110 1110011 1011100110 10111011 1 1101100111 1101111100 11111011 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1784
  • Average number of words per stanza: 338
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, vi, han, min, sang are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Cecilia Wormstrup;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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