This is an analysis of the poem Fest-Epilog that begins with:
Jeg har sagt alt, hvad der kan siges,
ved dette festlige Bord....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110 11101 111111110 111111110 111011011110 11111 111 111011100 11111001 11111111 1011010111 0100010110 111011111 11111111 111111011 0010100010 1100111110 111011011010 11111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; jeg, har, alt, hjem are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word jeg is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines hjem, himlen are repeated).
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- summary of Fest-Epilog;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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