This is an analysis of the poem Sigrid Med Sløret that begins with:

Kong Sivald sad i Ro, træt af at seire,
Han vied Festens Bæger ind til Thor,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXX XXbXXXXX XXXXXcXX XXXXXXXX XXXdedXX XXXXXXXX fcgXgXXX XhXdXXXX XdiXiXXX XXXXXiXX XXXXXXXX XjXjXjXX XdXXXdXk XdXdXdXX XiXiXXXX XleXelXX meXXXXXX XaXXXXaa XXXXXXXX hXXXXlXX XXXnXnXX XfXXeXXX XiXiXiXX XXXdXXXX XninXnXX XleieXXX XkXkXkXd bhbdXhia XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 89
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 712
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; b, r, hendes, det, sin, d, han, at, i, hun, den, f, er, re, din, du, har, et, og, med, jeg, vi, de, sig, fryd are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words f, i, nu, saa, en, er, og, den, hun, lidt, tidt, hvor, hvad, her, jeg, han, om, med, til are repeated.

    The author used the same word vi 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 nke, nder, re, ver, mmer, be, ie, saaret, rer, den, gter, de, ler, lle, lger, ', kker, se, ster are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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