This is an analysis of the poem Fru A. C. D. Drewsen, Født Lassen that begins with:

Hun var en Qvinde af et sjeldent Værd,
Det Skjønne med sit Hjerte hun omfatted',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 111111100 110110101 111111110 1110011101 1101110111 110011011 111011111 111110101 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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