This is an analysis of the poem Til Friherrinde Güldencrone that begins with:

Homerus og hans heele Chor,
Poeter, Digter, Skialder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXbXcXXXXdXdXXXe cXccXbXXXXeXXXXXfXfXaXbXfXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 101010 10100101 1101010 11111101 11110 110010 111111 11111111 11011 1111101 101101 11011101 10111 111111 100111 11000100 101010 0101111 110110 10111101 111111 1110011 111101 1110001 110101 110111010 110111 0111001 100111 1101101 10010 1100110 111110 110111 110010 10111110 110111 1101101 11001 1101111 110111 1110111 111101 1100111 1111010 1110111 111100 1110001 110110 11010100 11011 1111101 1011 11001101 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 800
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; f, r, h are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words f, bort are repeated.

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  • summary of Til Friherrinde Güldencrone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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