This is an analysis of the poem Den Stumme Sorg that begins with:

Kom, liden Thora, kom og sid
søsterlig ved min Side!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bcXX XXdX abaX eded XXXX XXfX XXXX XXfX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX ddXd XXXX XXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 10111 111011011 10110 101111 11001 1101100 100101 1111101 11110 11111111 1101 10111101 111101 10011111101 10100 11101111 101110 1001111 111110 10111100 10011 10111101 11111111 100100111 001111 100101101 10111 1011011 10111 1010111 11111 1010110 11101 111110101 11111 11111111 1111111 1111111 1111101 11101101 1011110 1011111 1001110 1110111111 111101 101101101 10101 1001111 1111010 10100111 10100 1111001 1110110 1001111 1011000 11111101 1100010 11101100 1010110 1101101 11111 11101101 10111 1110111 1011010 111010110 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i, du, mit are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sladre, kan are repeated.

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  • summary of Den Stumme Sorg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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