This is an analysis of the poem Helene that begins with:

Der ligger en Borg paa skovgroet Hald,
Ved Foden bruser det skumhvide Fald....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX aX XX aa XX bX cc XX dd ee XX XX XX XX XX Xb XX XX XX fX XX eX dd aa gX gX XX aa XX XX hh XX XX XX XX XX Xb Xa aX bX XX XX iX bX XX dd gg bX cX XX aa Xb XX Xa XX XX XX XX XX XX hX Xg XX XX dd XX XX Xi Xa XX XX ff XX dX XX dX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX fX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 110101101 110001111 11011100 1101011 110101101 110101111 1100111001 110011100 110111101 11011111 101111 110110111 111101101 1101011 1001111 0100101101 11101001 11111001 11011101 1101011 111001101 1111011 11011111 1101111 11011101 11011111 1001001101 11110111 10011110 1101111010 10011111 1001111011 110111101 11111100 11110111 11110100 11110111 11110001 1101001101 11110111 11110110 110011111 11101101 110101111 11011101 11101101 1111101 11011111 11011111 11111101 01111100 111101101 1011111 111101111 110101111 111101101 1101111 11011111 11011010 11111111 110110101 11011001 11111100 1111111100 111110111 11111100 11001111 101101101 101111111 101111101 101111111 11111111 111011111 11111101 1111111 1111111 110101101 111101101 1101111 11011111 110110011 1111101 11111101 01111110 011110100 11111101 1101111 11111010 111111010 111111 11001101 1111111 110110111 11011111 101111 11011111 11101100 11011111 11001101 1111111 111110111 110111100 11111101 111101101 010011110 10111111 01011111 10111100 111101100 101011011 110111111 0100101100 11011111 11010111 01011011 11011101 1111100 110101101 110010111 110101111 11011100 111111 1111111 110101001 01011101 111111101 111011111 11101101 01010111 11111111 011100110 110111101 1111010 11111111 11010111 11010111 11101111 1100100100 11011100 1101011 011110101 110101111 10111111 1111011 1111111 110010111 01011100 101110111 01011111 111111 11011100 11011111 110101111 0101111 111111101 01011111 1011110101 101101110 10110100 011101001 1101101111 01010111 01111111 01011111 110110101 011111101 11011101 10110111 11010111 11010111 11011101 1111110 1101111 1111101 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 88
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 176
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; der, r, den, en, og, for, jeg, vil, her, d, de, i, er, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words der, hvad, i, velkommen, vi, den, og, du, han, tolv, hvor, de are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, hvad, hun, den, og, jeg, nei, herop, de at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Helene;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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