This is an analysis of the poem Yduns Ran that begins with:

As-Odin ud med Hænir drog,
Og med Loke, den Svend i Ophav stærk;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXX bXXXXXXX XcXcddXX cecXXXfX XXXXXXgX XgXgXXXX XhbiXXgg XgXXXXcX cXcXXbXX gXXXjjXX cacXXXeX XXXXXXXX aXaXXkXX XXXXXXlX maXaXXaX XXXXXXXX XXXXlXXg nXXXXgXX dXXXkXoo XXcXXXXX gXXjbXgX aXahXpff cXcolXXX XXXXaXcg gXeXcXnX XXXajjXX XXXXXaXX XmeXXXoX oXo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 55
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 440
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; r, og, har, han, at, med, i, ', l, en, h, den, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvor, i, og, at, snart, forgieves, da are repeated.

    The author used the same words da, og, hun at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines v, r, l, i, d, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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