This is an analysis of the poem I Din Haand, I Den Høire that begins with:

I din Haand, i den høire,
Der staaer et hemmeligt Brev:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1111001 101101 111011 1011010 111111 111111 010100 110111 111100 110110 110011 1011100 111110 110101 111011 1101110 110100 11111 110010 110010 11111 1101100 101111 111111 111111 111111 11011 1111110 11111 11111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of I Din Haand, I Den Høire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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