This is an analysis of the poem Taaren that begins with:

Mit Hjerte er en Himmel graae,
Hvor Sorgerne som Kloder staae;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 1101101 11000101 10010111 11111101 1101101 11011111 1101111 1101111 11001101 11011101 111101 11011111 1101111 111111 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Taaren;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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