This is an analysis of the poem Gerdas Elskov that begins with:

Da nu Skirnir blev vaer den opladtsølverne Laage,
Hvor med kulsort Glands ham en Broes glatdannede Steenkul...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXcXXXXXbXXXdXXefXXXXXecX XXXXXXgXfXhXXXXXXXgX eiXXXXXgXXXXXXfXX XdaXXXXXXXXXXhX XXXXXX XXXXXeXfXXXXXXXgXgXX XXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXe XXXXXXdXXXXXXgXXXXXiXXXhXfXagaXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,20,17,15,6,20,35,32,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111001 1110111110010 1111110111101 101111011110010 1110011011110110 11001111001101 101010101100110 101101101111 1101111110 1110101101010 101011110110 100101010110010 11111011111110 111011111110101 1111111110110110 11111001110 110011001011 11110111001110 1100111101001 101110111111 10011111110 101111111100 11001011110001 1110111100011 10101111110110 101101111110011 111101101110110 1101111110001 1111111111111 101110111011 111101111110110 11111011110110 11011101110110 11110111000110 11110011101110 11101101011100 1111000111110 1111011111110 11110111110010 1010101101010 1111000111010111 1001001111010011 111011101111 1110111111101 11101111111 11111110111111 1111111110110 11111101110111 1000111100010 11101011010110 01111011101110 1011110111110 11110111101001 11111001110101 111111101101 101101011101011 1010011011010110 1111011111111 1011011101011 1110110111010 111111111010110 11111100111110 1110011101110 11111111110011100 11011111111111110 11001111101001 10101100001110 11010111100110 111011111110010 011011011011110 111011101011 10110110011111 011010011110110 1100111111001 11100111011010 101111011010111 1101110111110110 10111001111011 111100110110110 1110011101110 1100111011011 10101101010111 111011011101110 11110111111111 10110111110110 101101011111001 101101101100101111 1110111111010 100101111111111111 10111000111001 111111111001 1011011111110 10111100111001 111001111111001 111011101110 11001110010010 101100111010010 1101111110111110 110001011110111 111001111110110 1110011101110 111101101111011111 1101011110111110 1111111001011 110111110100 111101111110110 1111111111111010 1011100111011 11101111011010 101011111111 11101111111011 1111110111001 11111111110010 101111110011010 1011101111011 1111111011011110 110101111110110 111110111110 10110111111110 1111110111011010 1110111111011 1111010111101 1111011011110 11111101100010 111111110111 1111011101110 11001101100110 11001100110011 1111101010110110 11111100111010 1110111011100 11011011101110110 101100110110110 11101101111010 1111111111111 101101011110 11110011111 11101101010110 11111111011110 110101111101 100011111011 11101111110110 10110101110011 10101111111100 1110111011110 10110111101111 11101001100010 111100111110 11000111110110 11110111111110 11001100111111 111001111111 111101100110 1111011111101 1011011110110 1100111111111 10110110011111 11100011101110 11111101111110 111011111110 1111011101111 10110111111101 110111011101 10110011111 111110110011100 111011111110110 110011110001011 1011111111100 110001110010 11101111000010 10111111110000 1010010111101 11110011111011 11010011111110 111111011100001 11101111101 111111011110110 1000111101110110 1101111111111 1011110111101 101111111010110 11011011100110 1101011111101 11101110100010 1110110110100111 10101101111111 1111011111011 111011011110 111101011001111 1100111010011 111111001100 10110010101011 111001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 193
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, de, det, da, en, han, i, var, som, l, du, din, der, jeg, ei, med, hun are repeated.

    The author used the same word men at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Gerdas Elskov;
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  • history of its creation;
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