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

Dingle-Dangle hed hans Fader,
Kavallér af bedste Slags,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 10111 111111 1010010 101100 0111010 1010101 101001 11101110 11111110 111111 11010 111100 11111000 1111110 11111 101111 11010 10110010 111101 111110 11100010 1010101 11010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; han is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word lversaks at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Kavallérsorger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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