This is an analysis of the poem Melancholie that begins with:
Jeg gisper saa ængstligt af knusede Bryst
Og furer med Graad mine Kinder,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa XXXX XXXX bXbX cXcX XaXa XXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 11011110 110111011 1111110 1111110111 11010110 11011011010 11110010 11011101 011111011 1101100101 11011 11011011111 11011010 11001011011 11001010 1101011011 1001110 110101111 10010110 110011111 110011110 11111101 111101100 11011011001 110010110 1110011111 111111010 1101111001 1100101 11011011111 11011011 11011101 1111010 11011011010 110101 111101001 110110100 1100101011 110110100 11110111111 1101001 11111001101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, mig are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Melancholie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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