This is an analysis of the poem Lokes Sviig that begins with:

Hen Loke flød i Havet, som Orm, slimet blaa,
Alle de fæle Syner han klart paa Dybet saae....

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,14,22,10,8,8,22,4,10,10,10,48,4,6,26,14,32,4,26,6,16,40,4,32,20,20,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 855
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 488
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; med, han, de, skal, jeg, man, r, f, den, d, du, og, i, da, min, en, til, paa, v, troskab, det, hun, er, som are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words skal, jeg, han, du, da, de, h, naar are repeated.

    The author used the same words saa, 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 lgerne, s, rdighed, iet, r, g, d, dt, de, it, n, i, nkt, rk, rn are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases du, da connect the lines.

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  • summary of Lokes Sviig;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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