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

See Nordlys lue
med röde Flammer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 293,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1110 1101 111 11000 101 1111 10010 101 1101 1101 1101 1011 1001 1100 1111 10010 1101 1110 1101 11010 1101 111 11010 1010 11110 111 1111 11101 101 1111 111 111 1110 11010 111 111010 101001 1101 1100 11011 11110 101 1110 1101 1100010 11001 1100100 11011 10100100 111 111 1101 11000 10011 11110 11001 111 11110 11010 111 1101100 11010 110110 10000 11110 1110 1110 10010 11111 11110 1101 11100 1100 1111 011 1101 110100 11110 1011 11100 11111 1101 1101 110 1111 11010 1011 11100 111 1101 1111 11010 1111 1111 1101 1101 11100 1111 01100 11100 111 1101 11111 1101 1011 111 1101 100000 11010 1101 110110 111 11010 1101 11110 111 11010 11010 111 1110 111 11000 11110 1110 111 101 11010 1110 1111 011 1100 1001 11010 1101 1110 1101 11010 1110 11110 11110 111 1111 1111 1101 11010 1101 11110 1101 1011 1111 0011 1111 1101 1101 111 1101 111 111110 1111 11100 1110 1110 11010 11010 11010 11010 11010 11010 1101 1101 11010 111 11110 1101 11100 1110 1101 11010 1111 1111 1111 110100 11100 11110 111 1110 111 1101 11110 11000 1110 11010 111 1110 1111 10010 11110 10010 10010 100100 10110 1111 11110 1101 11110 1111 1100 1101 1101 11010 1011 11010 1001 1101 1101100 1000 11010 111100 11110 1110 11010 11010 1110 1101 111 1110 111 11000 1100 111 1111 1100 10100 1110 11010 1110 111 1111 10011 1101 1111 1101 111 1111 110110 10110 11010 11010 11010 11110 1101 11010 11110 1110 1101 11000 100110 0101 110 1111 111 1100 11000 11010 11010 11010 11110 11000 1010 11110 11000 11010 101 1010 101 11010 11010 11010 11110 11110 11010 11010 11010 1101 11110 110 110 011 11000 11000 01110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1015
  • Amount of lines: 293
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (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; naar, og, hvor, hans are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words naar, og, med, hvor, hvad, hans, forgieves, af are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gtig, svanhild, de, rammer are repeated).

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

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