Rankens Datter by Christian Winther: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Rankens Datter that begins with:

Det er en deilig Pige,
Hun luer frisk med fyrigt Mod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bXXXaXXX XXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 1111101 01101 110100 1110111 1101101 110111 11010 110111 10111100 110111 01111 1101111 110110 110111 11010 11111 11111111 110111 110100 11010100 11010111 110111 110111 1111110 1101111 111000 110111 111111 11010111 1101110 110011 111111 11001100 11111 111001 1101001 10110110 110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; hun is repeated.

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

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