This is an analysis of the poem Hammeren Hentes that begins with:

Nu Asathor
Med Loke foer...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbcX XXXX XbXXXXbX XXXd XXXeXXXX XeaX eXXXXXXX fXfX eeXaXeXa XbXb ggXXXXXX Xdbd XXXXXXXe ahXX iiXXXXXX bXXb dXXXXXXX XbXX XbafXXaX XbXX hhXXXXXX XeXX XXXXXXXb XXXj XbeXhXXX XiXX XXabkkbX iXXX ccbXXXXg XbXX aaecXXec XXXX iXXXXXbX XXXX XXXfeXXX XXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 111 1100 1101 111 1101 1101 1101 110110101 111011001 1111111011 1111110101 1101 1111 1111 1111 1100 1101 111 111 11001101001 110110011 111111011 1110111101 1111 111 1110 1101 0101 111 1101 1101 1110111111 11011111 111011010 111011110 1101 1110 1111 1101 1100 111 1101 111 111111011 100101101 110011100 111001101 1101 1111 1101 1101 111 1101 1101 1100 111111111 1110111101 1011111 111010111 1111 111 1111 1101 1111 111 1101 110 11111111111 010111111 1100110011 111011111 1000 1101 1111 1100 1101 1101 1101 1101 1110001101 101110111 1100101011 1110111101 111 111 1101 110 101 1101 1111 111 11111101 110101101 1100110111 110111001 111 111 1101 1111 111 1101 1111 1101 110011011 11011101 1111111 111101101 1101 1001 1001 1001 1011 111 111 110 11111111 111111 1111101 11110110 1101 1101 111 1100 1111 1101 1111 1000 11111101 11111111 1111101 1111111 1111 1101 1101 1111 1111 1100 110 1101 111110111 1110101011 110110101 1001001101 1101 1101 1101 1011 100 111 1100 1101 110111110 1101111 110111111 010111101 1101 1111 111 1101 1111 1101 1111 11 111011101 1111111111 10011100 11011101 1111 1111 1111 100 1101 1101 1100 1101 110111101 1111111111 11101100100 1101111100 1101 1111 1111 1111 1101 111101 1001 111 11111111001 1100111000 1110011111 11101111 1101 1101 1111 111 1110 1111 1101 1101 110111100 11110111 11111100 110101100 1111 1101 1111 1101 1101 1101 110 111 111101101 110011100 1111111011 1111111010 1111 1111 1111 1111 111 1111 111111 111 110110111 0110111 100110111 1001101101 111 1110 1111 1101 1001 110 111 110 111111011 1001111011 111101101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 241
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, den, i, med, d, en, de, var, fra, da are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, den, han, saameget, forsvunden are repeated.

    The author used the same word og 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 rt, d, rk are repeated).

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