This is an analysis of the poem Guldhornene that begins with:
De higer og söger
i gamle Böger,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXaaX XXXXXbXXXX XXXXbXXXcXXcXXc XXXDXBEF XgXXXXXXXXggXbXXXXXXXXXX XXaX XXXXXXXX X XXXXXhhXX XXXXXXXXXXXXiXXXbXXaXXXXXX XXXDXBEF iXXX XXXXXXX XX XXXb XXXX XXba eXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,10,15,8,24,4,8,1,9,26,8,4,7,2,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 111 1101 1101 1111 111 1100 11010 10100 101 111011 0110 1010 110100 1101 111 101 111110 1101110 1111000 110 1010 1010 10110 01100 10 011011 01001 1001 110011 111011 11 1101 11111 1110 111 10110 11111 11001 1111 1101 11 11000100 11011 1000 1011 10110 11101100 1001 10100 11010 1101 1101 1101 1001 100 1101 1111 11100 11010 10110 101001 11100 1111 1101 11110 11110 111010 110 11011 11 1111 1101 1101 1101 1101 111 1110 10 110 10 1101 111 1111 1011 1101 1011100 01111 100010 11010 101000 11010 10010 111 10101 1101 1101 01001 1101 1011 1111 11101 11111 111001 1111 11001 11001 110010 11110 111111 111 10101 1111 10110 11100 1100010 11101011 1001 1011 1111 1011 1011 1111 1110100 11011 1011 10110 11101100 1001 10100 11010 1101 1101 111 11 111 10101 11010 111010 10010 1000 1001 1010 110 11011 111 111100 1010110 101010 1001110 1010010 101111 100010 1000100 1111010 1100100 10111010 1111110 1111101 1111 11111 1111001 101011 110010 1010110 10101000
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 166
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, i, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, da, de, af, og, som 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 ger, ie, re, nne, nder, ver, ge, rste, n are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase de connects the lines.
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