This is an analysis of the poem Til En Dame that begins with:
Man siger Holberg ynded ikke Qvinden,
Blev aldrig smelted ved en Piges Smil:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010110 1101011101 11011101000 110100011 1111101010 1111111110 111111110 11010111111 1100100111 110111101 11011111 1111001 011110110 101110101 011101111 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; som, dem are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
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