This is an analysis of the poem Paa Kjære Grave that begins with:

Saa mangen Slægt lig knækket Rør
sank ned for denne Kirkedør....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 111110 10011100 11110100 1111101 1111111 11011101 11011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; r, i are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Paa Kjære Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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