This is an analysis of the poem Volas Spaadom that begins with:

Da Thor nu stille sad, og endt var Kampen,
Da steeg en langsom Røg af Jetteblodet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa XXX XXX XXX XXb XXX XcX XdX XXX XXX dXX XXX XXX XXX eXX XXa XXX caf XXX XeX XXe XXX XgX XXX XXX XXX XXX hgh XXX iXi bXX eXe jXX XXX XaX XXX dfX fXf XXX XeX eXe XjX jeX eXe dXX XXX XXX dXX eXX XaX aXX XXX XdX XXd eXX edX XXd XeX eXe XXX XXX XXe XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 11110111000 111110110 110111110 11111001 1111011110 1110110 1111011111 110111101 110010100 11111111 11011011 1101100101 1111110000 101111011 10010101110 1011111 1011111010 111110010 1111010111 1111111 1101011101 1111001111 110011111 111110111 111110010 111111101 111100011 11001111 110101111 1101111101 11101111 11111011 11111101 100111011 1101011101 110111101 110111001 110111100 110111011 10001101100 1101001100 11111110 11000101000 11011100010 1111011010 111010101 10101011010 11111101 1001011111 111111101 1101010011 1101011110 1101100011 111001100 11111011 11010111000 1101011101 1101011110 010101111 111110110 11110011 11111110 1111010110 1111110 11001111 1111011000 010101111 111111111 1111010111 1101011101 111110101 0101111111 100101111 010111101 1101010111 1101111111 110111101 1101110011 110110110 1101011111 1101011101 011101111 11011111 11111101 1101110110 111111110 111101111 110111111 110111111 1001010101 1101011110 110111010 011110110 1110110001 11010101110 11111001 11010111 10000100 1001111101 01111101 111010011 1110010100 1111111101 01111001 110100111 11101111 110101010 100011101 1111101 11111011 110011 1101011100 110111011 11110001 1001111 110111101 11010110 11010011010 11010101101 11010011110 11111011 11011001010 100110101 11111001 110001111 111010111 11101110 111010111 111011010 1111010100 1101110010 100011101 11111111 1101111101 110100011 11111101000 110110100 111010110 1101001100 1111110101000 111010111 11111101 110111101 1100110010 11001011 1111111 111101111 11011111110 1101111101 11010101110 1101110111 111111000 1001011101 100111101 110111111 110101011 111010101 110111010 11001001 11110111 11111101 11001111110 1011011110 110100111 110001110 111010111 1011111010 111111101 1101100110 110101111 11010001110 1101110110 1110111110 1101001110 1111101101 111111110 1111010111 111110111 100111 01111101 111111100 110111111 11111111 11000111110 11010111010 11110111010 1101111011 1101110110 11011111 111001111 1100111100 111111001 1101011110 110111010 1101111000 1101011101 11010111110 11111101 0011110101 110110011 11011111 1000101111 1010100110 1111011101 1101111111 1101111101 11011111 1001110101 1111111 110101100 011111110 110110111 11110111010 110111011 111111110 1100101101 1110011110 1100011101 1111101110 1101110101 1100101010 1110011100 1100111110 11101111 111101010 011011101 1101011110 1111011100 11110111110 110110111 101101110 111001011 11000100110 111110101 0100010100 110000001 110101111 1101011101 1101010111 1101010101 1101101101 111111011 110101110 1001011111 1111101101 111011110 110101111111 111111110 1111111101 111011010 111111100 110101111 111110101 100101111 1111011100 11000101100 1111011111 0101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 87
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 259
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, da, du, f, med, d, i, den, der, sin, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, til, een, han, den, saa, og, der are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase der connects the lines.

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  • summary of Volas Spaadom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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