This is an analysis of the poem Schack Staffeldt that begins with:

Schack Staffeldt, de dybeste drømmende Savn
Du nævner med sølvklare Toner ved Navn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011 01111011 1101101110 1111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Schack Staffeldt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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