This is an analysis of the poem Mathildes Hænder that begins with:

Jeg meget saae paa denne Jord,
Og al dens Skjønhed fast jeg kjender,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XaXaX XXXXX XXXXX XaXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXbXXX XXXXX XbXXX XXXXXcXcX XXXXX XcXcX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,9,5,5,9,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11111110 11011111 11110 1 10100100 1101001 10111111 111100 1 1011011 1111011 1111111 11011001 1 110111 10010011 11110100 1111110 1 011111 1111101 110111111 1101010 1 1110111 110100 111111 11100101 1 11011101 10011111 1101111 10111110 1 10110100 11011101 11011101 1111110 1 11111101 111101 11110101 1101001 1 111111 11111100 1110011 111101000 1 1101111 11001110 1101101 1111111 11011101 1110110 11111110 1110110 1 111111 11111010 1100111 11111100 1 1110101 11011101 1101111 11011101 1 11111101 1011111 100111 11111 1100010 11111110 11110111 01101010 1 1110101 1111111 11111100 1111001 1 11111101 110100010 11010100 1010011 1 1101111 1100001 11110101 1110110 1 1101111 11010110 11011101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; jeg, den, og, lige are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Mathildes Hænder;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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