This is an analysis of the poem To Aasmund Olafsen Vinje (Sung At His Wife's Grave) that begins with:

Your house to guests has shelter lent,
While you with pen were seated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccX Xdcdefeb ghghhhhi Xfefaaaf jajXXkki
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1101010 01011111 1101110 1111 0101 11010101 1111110 01111101 0101010 11111111 1100110 1111 1110 01011111 1011010 11011011 0101011 11111101 0101011 1111 0111 010100101 0111010 111111010 0101010 00010101 1111110 1101 0101 11011101 1101110 11011101 0101110 11111111 1101010 0101 0101 010011101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of To Aasmund Olafsen Vinje (Sung At His Wife's Grave);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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