This is an analysis of the poem Den Hellige Therese that begins with:

Violerne dufte, Natvindene gaae,
De Stierner fremtindre i Æterens Blaae,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aaXX XXXX XbXX ccXX XXXb dXXX XeXX XXaa XXXX XXaX ffeX XXaa XXXX aXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001 010101101 1101011001 110101110 10101001 11001011001 1101111 1111010 11110111 110111101 1101101001 100011010 11110101 110101101 11110100 110111011 110111111 100111101 1101100111 101100101 110101001 11101101 11011000 11100001 1111111011 110111110 111101111 110101111 11111011001 1101111101 111100111 101101010 111110001 111100100 11111101 1111111001 111111010 1111011 11011101 110001011 1011001 01011101 1101011001 110111010 11010001 1101011101 1101111101 11011101 1111111 11110001111 11101011 11001101001 1110101110 11011010001 1101111011 110110001 111101101 11011111 11011011010 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Den Hellige Therese;
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  • history of its creation;
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