This is an analysis of the poem Fridleif Og Helga that begins with:

Alt Skoven saa prud udi Blomster staaer,
vanked der liden Helga vel svöbt udi Maar....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bX bX XX XX cX XX Xb XX Xa XX bb XX bb XX XX XX XX XX XX XX cc Xa Xb XX XX bX XX bX XX XX XX XX XX XX aa XX cX XX XX XX XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 101101011101 10101011011 1111101111 1111101111 101101111 11011011011 1101110100 10110111 101010100 1010111100 11111011 11111111 010100110 11110111 10101101111 1110101111111 110110101 1110110 1111100 111111101 11101101 111110111 111110101 1101111011 10110111 11011101101 1111110 110101011 101011011 1111011110 11110111110 110101111 1100011011 110111000 1101111101 11111011 1110101100 11011101 1011101101 110110111 01011111 110111111 11111100 1101111 11011111 11111 101101101 111011111 1110111 11011111 11011111 1111111 110111011 1011101 110101111 111110111 111011111 10110111 1101101101 11010111 110100111 1101101110 1101011001 1110101111 11111101 11111111 11111100 111110110 1101110 1111111 111110110 1101011001 01111001 11101111 11101011111 10101111 1101101011 11001011011 11111101 11111111 101111001 01101011011 011111011 1111101 11111101 1111111 1101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 44
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, jeg, d, var, hans, han, aldrig, en, saa, stod are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, n, rd are repeated).

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