This is an analysis of the poem Christiane Oehlenschläger that begins with:

Andre troe, det er nok,
Naar et Suk, en flygtig medlidende Taare...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa XXXXXbc XXXdXXX cXdXXXbX XXbXXXdXXX XXXXXdbXXXX bbXXXXXXb aXbX aXaX XXXXXbXX cXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,7,8,10,11,9,4,4,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1111101001 01111 111011 1101 1110111 110110 110001 11101 1011011 11011010 1101 1110001 1101001 11011101 11001 1111111001 101 10101 111111 11001101 1011111 11111 1110111101 111101 1010110 111 1101 1111110 1101111100 1111111001 11010110 1101 1110 110111 10111011 11110 1010 1110111 10010 111111 1110111 10111 101 11010 11111001 11111011 11111 111110 0101 1101011111 110111 1110001 1011 101011 1010101 11010 11111 11110 101101 10111 1101111 11101 11110 1110010 1111100001 111110 1110111110 11011 1111 11010110010 10111101 10100 100001 10011 1111111 11111010 11111110 1111101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; med, den, for, sit, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, at, og, som are repeated.

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  • summary of Christiane Oehlenschläger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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