This is an analysis of the poem Til Den Svundne Tid, Paa Min Ære that begins with:

Til den svundne Tid, paa min Ære,
Hendrages med Længsel mit Blik;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 100111111 110110111 1011101 11110111 111111 10110110 110100101 1111101 111111111 111111010 1111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, saa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase d connects the lines.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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