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

Ere da disse henrykkende Toner fra Jorden?
Eller har Englene lært Dig Himlens Musik?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXbXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXaXcXXXcXaXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010110 10110111010 0111110101 11100111011 1011010101 10011101001 11010011101 0101110101 11011001111111 111011101 110110011010 1111111100101 111011101 1001001111 11000111011 1101011101 11011101 111011111001 1001011001001 1111111111 110011101 110110101 11010110101 1110011101 110010011011 111111101001 0111010110110 110001001101 1100111011110 111111110 110101100101 11011001111 100101001110010 1111100101 101110011110 110110011011 11010100101 1101110011 11110011011 01011101011 110111011111 10010111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1961
  • Average number of words per stanza: 354
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, og, dit are repeated.

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

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