This is an analysis of the poem Glæden I Valhal that begins with:

Da ilte dem imøde Freiers gode Skosvend,
Vel Skirnir man ham nævner. Nu er hun her igien!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XXXX XXbb XXcc XdXX cXXX XXXe ddXX XXfX XXXf ddXX XXgX XXXX XXXb ddhX XXXX Xddd XXXX XXXX XXee bbii eXXX Xdcd XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX eeXX XXXX XXXi XXfX aXdd dXXd XXiX XXXX XdhX ddii ccXX ccXX XXdX Xfhh XXbX XXXX XXXX XXgX XdXX XXXf XccX dXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 110111101010 1101111111 11001101011001 1100111110 011110110100 111111111111 11101110111 111011111 11011011100 110111011111 100111011101 1011011111 111110111101 1100101111 1110110110111 10101101101 111001010101 0111001111 110110011101 110101100111 1101110111101 111111111100 1101011110 1111011101 1111011101 111111101 11111011000 1011111011 11111101111 11111101111 1101110110101 10110110101 11110101111 11011111011 111110110111 0111111101 110110110101 01111011110 1111101111 110101101101 11101110101 110111110011 1111010110111 11011110101 10110111110 11111110111 11010001111 11001110101 111010110011 111111011111 0110101111 1111010110101 1101110111110 110111110110 10111011001 1000110111111 11111110011 1111000110111 1110111011 01010111101 111110110101 110110110111 1011111111 111110110001 10111111101 10111010111 11111111111 110101110101 1001110111100 1111111111 11111110111 11111110100 1011111111 111101011111 1111111011 110101110001 111011111 1111100111101 1011101001100 11111101111 111111111101 11100111101 111101011011 11101111101 110111011111 101010101111 11110011010 1000010010100 110010110111 111011011101 11011111011 010110011011 1101010110101 11101011101 110011011110 11110011001 111110100001 11110111101 1101110110111 111010110101 10110111010 1111010111101 111110110100 101111011101 11111011011 110110100100 11110111100 1111111011 11001111011 11011100111101 10101011011 1101111111 110100111101 111010111 1111111111 1111111100 1111111100 11111011011 1111101111 111110110010 111101110 110111011001 11011101101 111110011111 1110110110111 1111111101 1101110101100 11111101111 111111011 1001111111 1001010100011 111101011011 11101110101 1101011110 11011011101 1101110110101 11101011011 111010110111 1100110110000 1110111111 11011100111 111101011011 10111011111 110111011011 11101110101 11011111111 1111011100 101110111011 1111100111 1001110110011 11101110111 111101011111 1101111011 11010111111 110111010101 110110110001 11101011101 11101011100 11011111011 1011111110 110111111110 1111111111 10110101111 11011111011 11111011111 10011110111 111101110111 111111011101 1111011011 101111111101 1101110110100 11010111101 1111110001 111010110110 1111010110101 111111110100 1011111110 101101111101 111110101111 1101111011 11111111101 111100111111 11011011011 1111110111 111110110111 111101110011 1111010110111 111001111101 11001011011 110111011011 11111011111 110111111110 1111111101 100111110111 11111110101 1111111111 1111010111000 1111111110011 110101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 50
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, nu, d, for, han, der, og, n, hans, en, hun, den, med, til, nd, m, mod, i, men are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words han, med, og, da are repeated.

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

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

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