This is an analysis of the poem Harald Hildetand that begins with:

Hildetand med sølvgraae Haar
Hu til Valhal vendte;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXXaXXcdXeeXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXfXfgXXXXXebXXXXXbXXXdhdXeXeXXXXc XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXiffXXXXiX XabXdXXXffXXhhjjXXae XXeXhXhXbXbXXXcXXXXXeXXXbXcXXeXe XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXeeeXXXXXXXiXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXiXXXXXXiXifXXfXfaaXXXgXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 64,16,12,20,32,84,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 11101 100010 1011 1010101 11101 111111 10101 1011111 111111 101111 10001 110101 10011 111111 10111 111101 110010 1110100 10100 1011101 11110 1111101 110110 1011101 11101 100011 11101 1111100 11101 1111111 110101 101111 10101 11111 100110 1011100 1111 101111 10011 110100 10111 11010101 11101 1111101 10011 110101 10111 11111 1111 111111 10111 111111 11101 110111 110111 1011101 10100 111111 1111 111011 11011 101101 10111 1110010 11110 111101 101111 111101 1110101 111101 101111 111111 1111101 1111100 110100 1111101 111110 101111 111111 1010110 101011 1111101 1001110 10010101 101111 1001111 111111 100110 1011100 1010100 1011101 1011101 101111 1111111 1111110 1010111 1011100 10011010 1011101 011111 1011101 11111 1001110 110101 1110111 110111 11111 111101 1101100 1011111 11111 111101 111 111011 11001 111111 11111 100111 11111 101111 11101 110101 10101 101110 110111 1111100 11110 1111001 11000 1011101 10111 1101101 1101100 11111 11110 1101111 101110 10111 1010 111101 1011 111111 11101 1111001111 110101 1010101 101110111010 10111010 1011100 1011011101 1111110 1111010 10111011101 1011101 1011100 1101011111 1011111 101101 100111111 1110101 1011011 111111010 1001110 10111010 1111111 1111101 101100 111100011 1011101 10111 10101011111 11011 1011110 101110111010 10111010 10011110 11101011111 111111 111111 111111111 1111101 1011111 1111011111 111101 111011 101110111 1111110 1010101 10011101010 1111110 1011110 10111111101 1010111 1111111 10111111110 1111 1010101 11101110101 111001 11110 1111111100 10101010 1011010 111011111 1011100 1011101 1101111110 1111101 110011 11110111110 1011110 1011110 11101011101 101011 110101 11101011101 1011111 111101 111111111 1110111 1110111 1111101101 100100 11001010 111010111 11101100 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 219
  • Amount of lines: 228
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; han, ei, d, de, rdet, mpe are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words l, vendt are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, de, rdet, lde, mpe, rke, res are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase runesteen connects the lines.

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