This is an analysis of the poem Lorenzo that begins with:

Fra de skjønne velske Dage
Bragte jeg som Trøst, o Rom!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XaXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXbXXXX XcbXXcdc XXXXXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111111 11010 1011100 1111110 1110010 10111110 1100100 10111010 101101 10100110 1011101 1111111 11111 111110 10110 10011110 101111 111110 1110111 101011 101101 111001 11110 1111101 011111 101010 1010011 1111111 11111 111011000 11111 1111010 1011100 1100100 11111 1011101 100111 101111 110110 101000 10111 1100110 101011 11111110 1011100 11100110 11101 11100 10111 1111101 1111101 10101010 101111 11111110 101111 110011111 111111 1111101 111110 11111 1011100 1110110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Lorenzo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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