This is an analysis of the poem Bragis Sang Om Gefion that begins with:

Da Asaskokke
I tætte Flokke...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX XbXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX bXaXaXXXXXXXXX cXbbXdbXXX XXXXXXXeXX XXXXbXXXXXbX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXdaX XXXXaaXX XXbXaXaa XXX XXbXXXcXXaa eeXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,8,10,10,21,14,10,10,12,11,6,8,8,3,11,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 111 111 1111 1011 1011 1011 1101 1110 11010 1010 11110 1101 110 11000 11000 11011 111 10110 10110 10010 11000 1100 1101 1011 10110 1111 11000 1010 1110 1101 11010 01100 11110 1111 0111 1001 110 1100 1101 0111 1101 1111 1110 11110 11010 11010 1111 1101 11110 11110 11000 1101 1101 10101 1111 1101 1101 1100 1011 10010 11000 11010 11010 1101 111 1101 1101 1111 11010 11100 10110 1001 10110 11000 11110 11110 11011 111 11000 1000 11110 11010 0110 1110 1001 1011 10110 11010 1010 111 11010 111 11000 11010 11110 1100 111 1111 11010 11110 111 111 11100 11000 11011 1111 1100 1101 11110 11010 1111 11110 11110 111 1110 10100 11110 110 1110 1111 1101 1101 1111 0111 110110 1000 111 1101 11110 11110 1111 11110 100 011 111 11000 10000 101 1111 111 1101 11000 11110 11010 11010 11110 01100 11110 11110 1110 111100 1100 1100 11110 11010 1101 1111 101 111 110010 110110 1111 11011 1101 1111 1101 11110 1101 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • 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; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, den, din are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ved, nner, de, ie, rte, ver, der, kke, en are repeated).

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

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