This is an analysis of the poem Skirnirs Samtale Med Freier that begins with:

Men da Maane bag Field var flygtet, hæftig forfulgt af
Maanegarm, den bevingede Trold, som stedse den ængster,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXcXXXXXXXXXdXXXeXXXXXXXXXXfXaXXXXXXXXagXXXXXgXaXbXXXhXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXgXXXXXXXXXXXbXhgXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhdhXXgXXghXXXhXXgXXXXXXXgXX dcXXXXXhXgXXXXXXXXXfXXXXXXXgXXXXX XXeXXXXaXXXXXeXXcXXXXXXaXhXXXaghgXXXXgXfXXXaXXXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 150,33,48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101101 100110011111 110011001110110 101111101110110 1110111111110 11111111010110 1110011111101 101101011010110 1111111101110 11101101111110 1011111010010 11110111111011 111111111110 1011010110111 110101001 1111111101 10111010110110 11101111111010 110001110101 11111111011110 1111011011111 11101111110111 11111011101011 11101101110111 111101111111 101111011011110 1111101110110 111111111111 1110111111110 10111101111011 1111001111010 10111111111110 11001100111011 11111101110011 11111111110 1011111111001 10001101111110 11111111110 11110101001110 1110110111011 11011111001 1011111111010 1011101101111 101111011101 1011011010110110 100110011110110 010110100111011 111001111110010 1101101110110 101110111011111 101111111101 1110111111011 10101111010110 1011111111010 1101111110110 1111111111001 1100011110101 011111111000110 10110111011 10111111011010 101101011010110 11001111110010 1111001011110110 1110111010110 1001011111111 11111111110 100101111101110 10111111111101 1111110010100111 10111101111110 1110110111010 11001111011110 10011001111011 10011111111001 100111011110100 101100001100111 11111001110010 10111111110010 11100111111111 1110111110111 111110101110 11100111111011 10110111110110 10111011111100110 1011111110011 11110111110 1111101110110 111001100101 11110011101001 11001111010110 11001110110110 1011011111110111 101111101011011 10101111110001 101101001111110 11101110010110 1000101100111 10001110110110 110101100101 111100111111111 1011110100010 10110101101110 101111011010110 1010101011011 101011011000110 101011100111 1011001011011110 101111111110110 10101110110101 11101011101000 110111100011110 1100110110110110 101010110101 1110110111110 1111100100110 1110110110111100 1001111110110 10100110101100110 1011011110010 1010111110101 101111100101 10110110111110 01101111110110 1110011110100010 1010111101011 1011101111010 10010111101101 111011111101 1011110111110110 1110111011010 101110011110 11111100111110 11110101010 10111010111011 1001111010110 11101111010010 100110110011010 1111011111111 10111111111 101101111110110 110111111011 101100111011011 11101111011110 1111111101010 111111111110 111001110100110 11101101110110 110011011110011 1011100110011 1111101111100 1011101101011 11101111111110 100011101001 11101111011110 1100111000110 1110110111011 101100111110110 101111111110 11111111110110 10100111011110 11110011010110 1011110111111 110111010110 1101110100011 1010111101110 1111110111011 111110110010111 11110111111010 100111101110 101111111101 10111111010010110 1011110111101 1011001110110 1110111111111 1110011100010 10101101111 1100111110110 1111011011101 10111110111110 11110111001011 111111110110 1100111110110 11110110110110 10111101100110 1111101111010 111000111111 10111001110110 1111001011011110 11111011011111 101011111111001 11101100001110 11101111101101 10111111010100 1111111111010 11101110111011 1110001111010110 1011100011001 1011001111010110 1111110100110111 111100111111111 11100111011110 10111110110 1110011110100110 1011111010110 101111101110 1010110111110 101110100011110 1011110111010 1011011111010110 1011111111001 101100111111 0111111101110 1011101110110110 100111011110 11110111110010 10001101110111 1110110011110010 101101111011 1011001111000111 11001110110110 111101110110 1110111111111 1001101110001 111011111110 1100101111010 1111110011010 1011101111110 100111111101 11101110101 10111111011010 1111110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 838
  • Amount of lines: 231
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, var, naar, ei, du, ham, og, af, hun, med, han, til, den, de, da, jeg, saa, for are repeated.

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  • summary of Skirnirs Samtale Med Freier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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