This is an analysis of the poem Tanker Ved Graven Af Den Unge Jens Sanderschov that begins with:

Vær høy min Graad! — for Himlen vil jeg klage! -
Til Almagt Throne skal min Jammer naae! -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXa XbXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110111 110111101 111110011 111111111 111111111 111111011 11111111 11111111 1101111110 1101011111 1101111010 1111111 1111110110 11111111 1111101110 1111101 11011101010 11011111 11011101010 11011111 11111110 1111001 1110111110 110111111 11001101010 1111101111 1111011110 1101110111 111101101 101011000 1101111110 11110111 111110110 11111011 11111111 111111101 10011011111 111101011 010011110 111111011 11111101100 11111111 01110101100 1001110111 101101111 11101111 111111111 11111111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; den, r, os, og, i, naar, da, vi, d, min are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vel, naar, da, og, vi are repeated.

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Tanker Ved Graven Af Den Unge Jens Sanderschov;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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