This is an analysis of the poem Ingerid Sletten that begins with:

Ingerid Sletten of Sillejord
Neither gold nor silver did own,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab abba cDdX cDdX cddX aeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100100 10111001 1010101101 01011001 010101101 01111011 110110101 1101101 110110011 101001011 1001110111 11001010 110110011 101001011 1010100101 10011110 110110011 00101001 1010010001 110010110 1100110111 1100101 110100101 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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