This is an analysis of the poem Til Thorvaldsen that begins with:
Svæv, Evan! ned og nærm Dig til vort Sæde
Og kryst din bedste Drue, blide Gud!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aaaX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111111 1111111 100111011 11010011 111111101 1111011111 1110111 11111101 11111100 1000110111 11110111010 11100110 1111101000 11111111 11110011100 110111111 111110111 110010111 110111111 11111001 1101111111 1111111 100111011 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 is repeated.
The author used the same word det at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Til Thorvaldsen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Ludvig Bodtcher
- Analysis of Turneringen
- Analysis of Under Kritikeren H.C.G. Profts Portræt
- Analysis of Ved En Confirmation
