This is an analysis of the poem Til Mary I Himlen that begins with:

O Stjerne du, med mindsket Glands,
Som elsker Morgnens første Gry,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXAX XXXbXXXX ccXXXXXX bXXXXXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 1101011 01011110 11110110 111110 11001101 1011011 1110111 1101011 1111010 11111001 1111001 11000101 111111100 1111100 111111 111111 1101111 1100111 1010111 11110111 1111010 1011111 1010110 10111001 1001111 11110101 11010111 111110 11001101 1011011 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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