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

Af Guld og Sølv, af Sølv og Guld
er Instrumentets Tone fuld....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXX XXXXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 0100011 1110011 11011010 11010001 1101111 1111 11111111 111101111 1111010 111110010 11001010 101111111 1000100111 111111101 111110111 1100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; hans, og are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gt, l are repeated).

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

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