This is an analysis of the poem Saa Fast Mit Hjerte Banker that begins with:

Saa fast mit Hjerte banker,
At det smerter som Ild;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 111011 1001010 101101 1111111 10101 111111 11111 111100 110011 1101110 111011 100111 11111 11011 11011111 110101 110100 111110 110010 0101010 11111 11110 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; jeg, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words min, jeg, da are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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