This is an analysis of the poem Holgers Sang Om Wittekind that begins with:

I Trug paa Issefjordvoven
Jeg gynged mangen Stund:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXX XXXXXXXX bcXcdXXX XaXXXXbX XeXedXdX faXaXXXX faXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110000 110101 1100110 1110101 110111 1110111 1111111 111001 1111100 110001 111110 111111 111011 101111 11111 11111111 110001 11101 111001 1111111 111110 111100 11010010 11101000 1001110 11111 1111110 111111 11101 111101 1111001 11011110 111111 111101 1100100 111111 111110 1111101 111110 110110 111110 110100 11000010 111111 1101110 111001 1111110 1110110 1101110 111001 1111010 111101 1100010 110001 110010110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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