This is an analysis of the poem Klage-Sang Af En Bekiendt Ved Hr. Haagensens Grav that begins with:

Min Sang er skurrende — og længe
Klang Klagen i ustæmte Strænge -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXbbXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXccXXXXXXaXXXXXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 110111 11110101 11110011 11011101 11101101 10011101 111111 111111 10111 11011101 11011111 100111010 110111010 111111100 1101111 11011101 1111101 11011000 11011101 1110100 11111111 11101101 01110101 1011111 111101 10111101 11111110 1111011 111111100 1110111 01101100 11011101 11100110 111111 1101111 111101110 111101110 10110110 1111111 11111011 1101110 11111111 11110111 1101111 1011111 1101110 1101111 11011100 11111110 11100011 11111111 1101101 11011011 11011111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1931
  • Average number of words per stanza: 387
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, og, d, som, ret, om, til, re, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, thi, og, den are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge, de, d, ret, rdig, re are repeated).

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  • summary of Klage-Sang Af En Bekiendt Ved Hr. Haagensens Grav;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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