This is an analysis of the poem Hører, I Som Græde that begins with:

Hører, i som græde,
Og med taarer væde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXabXXa XXaXXXXXXX XcaXXXXcXX XXXddaXeXX XXXXXXbXXX ffXXXgXXXX XXXgXXXXXX cXXXXbXXXX XXaXXXeXcc XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11101 1011 11111 0011 00111 101 1110 10111 1011 10111 10111 10101 100111 101001 1111 111 1111 1010111 11101 101100 111110 10101 101010 111100 11110 101 110 11001010 110100 101110 11110 11100 10111 11111 11101 101 111 1101010 111100 10110 11110 10101 1111 1111 11101 101 111 1010101 1011 1111 11101 1001 10101 1111 10111 011 1111 11111 10011 10111 10101 11101 111010 101100 10111 111 1111 111110 11111 10110 101100 10010 00101 10101 10101 101 1111 101111 11111 10100 10110 1111 10111 11111 11010 111 111 1111110 111110 11011 1011 11011 101110 111010 001100 111 1101 1111101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, d, lde, re are repeated).

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