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

Lér jeg af Hjertet med Dig, jeg kunde bevæget dog græde;
brister i Graad jeg med Dig, da funkler mit Øje af Glæde;...

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: 1111011111011 10111111101111111 101101110110100 111011110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).

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