This is an analysis of the poem Der Staaer Et Slot I Vesterled that begins with:

Der staaer et Slot i Vesterled,
Tækket med gyldne Skjolde;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXX XXXXXXXX babacXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 1111 01110101 110001 1111111 101110 11110111 11011110 1101101 1010110 1100100 11010110 11111101 101100 11001101 1101011 10010101 10111 1111111 110101 11010101 1110000 11100110 1100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; det, i are repeated.

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