This is an analysis of the poem Biarke-Maal that begins with:

Naar Odin vinker,
Naar Sværdet blinker,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXX XXXbXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX bbXXbXXXXX XXaXXXXXXX XbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1110 0101 111 1111 1100 11010 1101 11010 111 1101 111 1101 11010 11010 110 0110 1100 111 1111 1101 110 1100 11000 11010 111 1111 1101 1111 111 10110 11110 111 11010 11010 1101 11010 1101 11010 1101 10110 11110 1101 1111 11010 1100 11000 110 11100 1101 11110 0110 1111 0111 1101 1001 1111 1100 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, i, med are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mme is repeated).

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  • summary of Biarke-Maal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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