This is an analysis of the poem Hvorfor Mon? that begins with:
Jeg vil vide, Skønjomfru saa ung og saa fin!
er du hviskende Suk eller stormende Hvin?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 0010110101 011101111 110110101 1111111001 101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Hvorfor Mon?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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