This is an analysis of the poem Den Hvide Hind that begins with:
Skjøn Jomfru vinked med Haanden hvid,
Hun stod paa Høielofts Svale:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab XbaX aaaa aXaX XbXX XXXb XcXc aXXc aXXX XXXX XXaX dXdX XeXe XXXb aXXX XXXa fdfd XgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101101 111101 01011111 1111111 1111011 1011101 1101111 111111 11011111 111111 111101 101001 11001111 1111101 110011111 1111 110110101 110101 1101111 11101 010101100 1100100 111110 11111111 11111111 1001110 1111110 1100110 1101111011 1111110 1101111110 1101010 11011011 111101 11111101 111111 110111100 1111111 110111111 11011011 110111101 100110 11101101 1111010 11010111 111111 11110111 1111011 11000100 1111011 11111101 1110111 111110100 1110101 111100110 111111 01011111 1111011 1101101011 1110111 111111101 111111 11111101 1111111 11001101 110001 110111101 111111 1101111 0111011 1101111111 11100111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; du, den, i, jeg, mig, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word han is repeated.
The author used the same word den at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Den Hvide Hind;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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