Hensjunken I Mit Hjertes Drøm by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hensjunken I Mit Hjertes Drøm that begins with:

Hensjunken i mit Hjertes Drøm -
Thi ak! det er jo intet andet! -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111101 111011010 11011101 110101110 101011 11011001 11010111 110111 111111 11010111 11111111 11100101 11100101 1111111 10011101 1101101 10011001 1111110111 11010111 111011 1111111 11010011 11011101 10111101 111111111 1001011 11011111 11110111 1110111 111111111 1101111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word som is repeated.

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