This is an analysis of the poem Harald I Offerlunden that begins with:
Klar er Nattens Stiernehvælving.
Höitidsfulde Midnatsscene!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX XXXb XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 100100 10011110 1010100 1010110 1010110 110011 1010010 101001 01111100 1111110 110111 0110010 101011 1011000 10111 0110101 111110 110111 11101001 101101 1011000 1110110 1011101 11111000 111111 111011 101101 111111 1111 1111110 111100 1011111 1100110 111111 111111 1010110 111011 11101110 1110100 1011101 11101 1011110 111011 10111 1011110 11101110 1011110 111001 1111101 11101010 101111 10111 111110 11101110 1111 0110110 101110 011100 1011110 10100 11110 11011111 111010 1010101 1010111 11101010 11110 10101110 10111010 1010111 110110
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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:
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; i, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word da is repeated.
The author used the same words her, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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