This is an analysis of the poem Til Herr Grosserer Nathanson that begins with:

Min Fanny, hvis for fine Sands
Kun sielden trylles her til Lands,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11010011 10011100 0111101 1110100 10011111 11000101 1101101 11110011 11011110 1111000 11010111 1011010 11011001 110100110 1100110 1111110 1111100 11111101 11111100 11000111 1101001 111111 1011101 11111001 11111101 1111101 11011101 1101010 111111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 967
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; den is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Til Herr Grosserer Nathanson;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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