This is an analysis of the poem Taarer Ved Herr Frederik Von Arnsbachs Grav that begins with:

Taarer ved den fordum Høiædle og Velbyrdige, nu hos Gud Salige, Divisions Qvarteer-Mester Herr Frederik von Arnsbachs Grav. Af Hans bedrøvede Ven...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXba XXXXXX XbXXXX XXXcXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX XcXXbX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011100111100101010110011011110101010 01110111111 111101 1101111110 111011110 11111101 1101011101 11111111010 101001 11111111 100111111 101101010 100011001 11111110 0111011111 111110110 110101011010 1101111110 1111110111111 11011111100 01110110 1001101111 1001110111 1101111110 0111111111 1111111 1110110 1111010111 11011111 110110111 111010011 111110110 11010111 1111110110 11101101 1101001110 10011111 11100110010 1111001 111111111111 11111111 100111010 11111111 111111101 11100111 1111111 1011110111 1101100111 1101101100 1111110110 1111101 110111111 110111111 1111110110 1111011101 111111101 1110001 111111101 1101111110 1101110111 11111111 1101111100 1110111 111011111 1111110110 11110111110 1100110111 1110101010 11111111 101111111 1001111101 11110101010 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; d, du, forgieves, og, i, til, som, men 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 de, ie, rdig are repeated).

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