This is an analysis of the poem De Kiörende that begins with:

Fra qvalmfulde Mure!
Til Marken saa huld!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabab XXXXcdXd XeXXXaXa XXXXXeXb cXceXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11011 111 11011 1111 0111 1101 011101 1101 1111 1101 1101 111110 111 111010 111101 10110 10011 11100 1110 0111 0111 1101 1111101 110110 1110 101010 11001 1101 1011011 11111 1010101 01010 11111 0110 1111 1101 1101 1111 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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