This is an analysis of the poem Epilog [vi Digter Ingen Hymne Til Minas Brune Haar] that begins with:

Vi digter ingen Hymne til Minas brune Haar
hvor sød hun ogsaa er, hvor kaad og sprælsk er;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111011 11110011110 1110101111 111111010 11011110001 111101 1101111110010 100101100 111111111011 1111010 11111110 1111011110 11011111111 1111101110 1111111011111 101011111000 1111011111 11011111 111110101111 111111111 101111111 10111011 11011011011 1111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, som, hun are repeated.

    The author used the same word vi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Epilog [vi Digter Ingen Hymne Til Minas Brune Haar];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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