This is an analysis of the poem Hjertets Melodier that begins with:

To brune Øine jeg nyelig saae,
I dem mit Hjem og min Verden laae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX aXXX aXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbbXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,4,5,4,4,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 11111111101 110101101 1101101100 110111 110101 111101111 11111 110111 1101001 11010110 11101 011101011 1111010101 110110111 1110111111 110100111 111110101 111111111 11011110 111101111 1111011010 1000010011 11011 1101110101 10101111 101 111110 1111010 1101011 1110 1101110 111111111 1011011 11111 11111010 111101 1101111 111111 1111110 11110 111111 1110 1101111111 01110111110 0101011101 110101111 1101110011 0011110011 11111100 1101 11011111 111111110 11001111110 1101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Hjertets Melodier;
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  • history of its creation;
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