This is an analysis of the poem Om Vanerne that begins with:

Da de høie Valhals Guder
Blomstred end i Østens Land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXXX XXXXXXXX XcXXdXXX XXdeXXdX XXfXXXXX gaaaXhXX XeXhXXXX XXXXXXXX XeXXXXXh XagidXXX XdXXXXXX XXdXbjXj kXXXXXXX XikiXXfX XXXXXXXi XaXaXXXX XaiXXlXX XXXXdadX XhXXXada XXXXXXXh XXXXXlXl XXXaXfXX XXXXXXXX XdXiXXXX XXXcXXXX XeXXXlXe XiXXXXXX XXXXXXgX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 101111 1110110 111100 1011101 111100 101 101111 1010010 11011 1011101 101101 111110 111111 1110 100111 111100 111111 11111010 111101 1101110 111101 110 110011 1111101 1011101 11101110 1111111 111110 101101 1110 1111100 1011010 1000110 111101 111001 101101 1011101 111 1110111 10111010 111001 101101 111101 01101000 11111111 1110 1011101 001100 111111 1011110 111011 11111 1011101 101 10101 11101110 110111 1101010 11011 1011010 1010101 1010 1111 1110111 1110101 1011010 1111100 1011010 111110 1000 111011 101110 1110111 1110110 11111 11100010 1010111 1110 101011 11111010 101110 1110110 111110 111111 100011 111 101010 111111 1111101 1011010 11110 1010101 1011011 101 1011101 111011 10111 111010 1111 101111 1011101 101 111101 101001 11111 101111 11111 11111 101110 101 111111 10110110 11011 1111110 10111 1011111 1111101 111 111011 101111 111001 111011 101011 1111101 10101 101 1011001 1011101 1010101 111011 11111 1011101 1110111 100 111111 1110110 10110 111001 1110100 1111110 1110111 1010 110111 1111110 111111 1011110 111010 11101100 1111101 1010 101111 11110 1011111 1011001 111001 10111010 1111 1010 111001 11101110 111101 1111110 111011 111110 1111101 111 1100111 111101100 11011 111110 111111 11111010 1011100 110 1001101 10101010 1011101 10101 111111 101011 1110111 110 11111 1111110 10111010 101110 111111 1010110 111101 101 101101 11101010 111011 1010111 101111 1100111 1011100 111 1011100 1011100 11111 1011100 1011101 11001000 101001 1110 111101 111111 101101 101101 101111 1111001 100011 111 1010111 10101010 111100 1110110 1011100 11111010 111101 1110 111101 111101 111101 10111 101101 101011 1011101 11 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; hvad, og, da, du, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvilken, hvad, og, da are repeated.

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  • summary of Om Vanerne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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