This is an analysis of the poem Vildvin that begins with:

Forbi mit Vindve slingre
Vildvins forblæste Ranker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX aXba XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 10110 1100110 11100 11111 10111 11110 11011 1111010 111110 110110 1101010 101111 101110 1101110 111111 111101 111101 111111 111011 111101 110100 1111010 111110 111110 1111101 10011 11101 11111 111111 1111011 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; og is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og 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 de, be are repeated).

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

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