This is an analysis of the poem Mens Sorgfuld Jeg Mig Her Har Sat that begins with:

Mens sorgfuld jeg mig her har sat
I Ly af Lindens Kroner,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXXX dXdX XXXX cXXX XXdX XXdX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Xeae XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 1111010 1101111 010010 1101111 110110 1111100 0111010 111001111 11101 11011101 11011 0111011 1111010 1110111 1101010 11010111 1101010 011111 1101010 1111011 110111 1111111 11011 1101110 11111 1111111 11011 11011111 1111110 11110111 111110 11011111 110111 11011111 10111 11110011 100111 11011101 1111 1110011 110110 1101111 110001 1111111 111101 11111101 110111 1110111 110101 1101111 11111 11110100 1111011 1001111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mens Sorgfuld Jeg Mig Her Har Sat;
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  • history of its creation;
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