This is an analysis of the poem Ægirs Gave that begins with:

Mens høie Guder
Fornøied sig, hvor salten Sø...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXXX XXcXXdXX XXXefXfg hiXXXXhX XjXXXdkX gkXaXfXX XXlXXXXX XXXXXfiX XaXkXbfX XXXhfXgX XXXXXXXX XbXbdXdX XfXXcfXX XXXdXfif XXXXceXX XXlXXfXf XXXXeXXX XiXXmXmX XfXgXXXX XXXXehXh iXXfXXXa XXlXXXXX fXXegXXX XjXjXXXX XXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1011101 1110 11111 1111101 11111 1010101 1101 1100 110111 111 11111 100111 11111 100111 11101 11010 1011111 10100 110011 101111 11001 101111 10011 1111 0101011 111 11110 1010111 1011 100011 1111 1111 1111101 0110 0111 111100 1011 1111111 10001 1101 1011101 1111 110101 111011 1111 101101 1111 111 11011011 1110 11111 101101 11101 110011 10101 1101 111101 1001 110100 1011100 10101 1110101 1111 011 1110111 111 111101 111100 0011 111111 10101 1111 111111 111 111101 101101 10100 101111 1110 1011 1110011 11 111101 1011110 1011 1110101 11101 1101 111111 1011 110111 110101 10101 1100101 11101 110 1011101 111 11001 111111 10101 111111 1100 11000 1110101 1110 110101 1111011 11101 1110111 11101 1110 1001111 1110 11111 1110011 1111 110111 10101 1101 1110111 11010 110111 101111 11111 1011101 10111 111 1101001 1100 1111 10111 11101 1110101 1111 1101 11111101 111 101100 1011101 11101 1011101 1011 111 11001101 111 11011 11111 10111 1010101 1011 11010 11011101 1100 11010 110001 11101 10111 11101 1101 10110001 1111 110101 110101 11100 10111 1011 11100 11011001 01110 101111 1111110 11100 1111100 1110 1101 1101111 11010 111101 101101 10001 111111 10111 1110 111111 10110 110101 11111 10110 11110 1111 1110 111111 1110 101001 101101 10101 1010111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; r is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ægirs Gave;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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