This is an analysis of the poem Holger I Hungerstaarnet that begins with:

Jeg svelted i Taarnet: det skorted paa Brød;
Dog Hunger var mig den mindste Nød....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX bbXXXXXX aaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011011 11011111 1111111101 1111111100 11111111 1111111 11011111111 11011111101 111011101 1110111 110110111 11111111 110111110 1111110000 11011111 11011111101 11010111 1110111 110110011 110111010 1101111011 111111101 11011111101 1110111 111101011 11110110 110110111 1101111101 110101011 11011111111 11111011 11011101 11110101 1111111 1111110 10111111100 111111001 111111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, st, br are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, st are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ndte at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Holger I Hungerstaarnet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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