This is an analysis of the poem De Elleve Jævningers Jordefærd that begins with:

Faner vifted over Skjolde
I det store Gravkapel....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXa XXXXX bXbXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 111100 111101 101111 111110 1110111 1111101 1111100 1111100 011111 111101 111111 1011111 11110 111011 11101 111101 111001 101111 100111 110010 101111 1011111 1010101 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; d is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word han is repeated.

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  • summary of De Elleve Jævningers Jordefærd;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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