This is an analysis of the poem Mit Hjerte Er Sørgmodigt that begins with:

Mit Hjerte er sørgmodigt,
Dog klart løfter Maien sit Skjold;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111111 0111110 11111 1010010 11001 1111010 11011100 1001010 11010010 10110010 11011011 1100101 110111 1001100 111101 1100111 110001 11011100 1111101 1101100 110110 1100110 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; og, han are repeated.

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  • summary of Mit Hjerte Er Sørgmodigt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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