This is an analysis of the poem Min Soel, Min Lyst Og Glæde that begins with:
Min Soel, min Lyst og Glæde!
Min Drot i Barne-Dragt!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXa XXXXcXbc dXXXXXXX XXXXXeef XXXcdXXX XXXXgXXg XXdXXXXX fXXXXXXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 11111 111101 101101 11111 110111 11011 11011 1100110 111111 0101110 111101 111101 110111 11011111 00111 1100110 111111 1111010 1111 110111 110111 11011 01101 110111 111000 11011 0111 11111 110111 11011 111101 1111100 11011111 1011110 11011 111110 11111 111101 11111 011111 110110 110111 111111 111101 111101 110111 101101 1111110 110111 1101110 110111 110111 11111 111111 10011 100101 11111 111110 11011 111100 111101 11101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; min is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words min, mod, det, jeg are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, de, ngsel, be are repeated).
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More information about poems by Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
- Analysis of Mindes Vi En Fuldtro Ven
- Analysis of Modersmaalet
- Analysis of Morgenstund Har Guld I Mund
