This is an analysis of the poem Freiers Sang Ved Kilden that begins with:

Du Ungersvend, som sukker taus med blegen Kind,
Fordi ei Freya signer dit Bryst,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXb XaXXbXXX XXXXaXXX XXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011011101 101101011 10011110101 10110111 1110111011 1111101 111111 1010111 11011101101 110101111 111101011101 1111011 111111011 1011111 101111 10101100 110101110100 110110101 11101111110 1111100 111101011 11110100 110111010 110110101 11011101101 11001111 11110110011 1111001 1101111 1101011 1101111 11111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fordi, hun, saa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fordi, selv, saa are repeated.

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  • summary of Freiers Sang Ved Kilden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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