This is an analysis of the poem Ved Hoffmans Død that begins with:

See, Naturen føler Smerte;
Ak, af Venner har den Faa,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX aXXXbXXX XaXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 1110111 111111 111111 1001110 100110 111111 11110 1100110 101001 11110010 1111101 10111010 1001101 1100110 1110001 111011 1010101 110111 110111 10111110 0110111 1101110 110101 111111 111100 1110101 1010100 111001 11101 111001 1111101 1110111 111111 1110011 111010 111110 10111 111110 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; d, ei are repeated.

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  • summary of Ved Hoffmans Død;
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  • history of its creation;
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