This is an analysis of the poem Skirnir Fuldender Sit Ærinde that begins with:

Da Skirnir vaagned i næste Gry,
(Solstraalen i Skyen sig bader)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbX cXcd XXXX XAXX eXXd XXXX XAXa XXXX XXXX fAfX XXfd gXgX cAca XXXd XXXX gAXa XXXd XXXX eAXa XXXX XXXd bAba XXXX eXeX XAXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 10011110 111100111 10011000 11001111 01111 11011111 1111111 11101101 10010110 110100111 11110010 11111101 10011110 1111101 11010100 110101101 01111 11111011 11011011 110100110 10010110 01111111 11000110 1101101101 10011110 10101100100 1110110 111101001 01111 1100111 1111110 110101001 10010110 11100111 1101110 110110111 10011110 1111111 11011100 1111111 01111 1110011111 100101 11101101 10010110 1111111 11111110 11110111 10011110 1111111 11010010 11011111 01111 110111101 1101111 11011100 10010110 1111011 0110110 0111111 10011110 0111111 1101010 11011100 11111 100110111 110101 11011110 10010110 101101101 11100110 11011111 10011110 11011101 11010010 1001011 01111 111001010 0101111 01110111 10010110 11111111 11111110 11110111 10011110 1111111 110110 111101101 01111 110011001 110101 1100111101 10010110 110011101 110110110 111101101 10011110 11101101 1111010 11110100 01111 111101100 111110 1101011011 10010110 110111001 10111110 1011101110 11111 111111 111111 11111110 111110 11011111 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, de, af, re, han are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, vi, af are repeated.

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