This is an analysis of the poem Alfespøgen that begins with:

Dagenes rullende Strøm bortgik;
Forglemt var Kamptidens Luer....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XaXXXa XXXXXX XabbXX XXcccX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 1011001 101100111 111111001 110111101 111111 111101011 1100101 111100011 11111111101 1111101 111000 011011011 01110110 011101011 110100111 111001011 11110110 110010101 1001111 11010011011 1100101111 100110100 11011111 1101010011 1011110 1100101101 1111011011 01011001011 11011110 01011101 11011110 111011001 110101101 1101101111 11010110 010111011 1101101 111110101 11111101 111111001 011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, og, i are repeated.

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

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

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