This is an analysis of the poem Asbjørn Og Thora that begins with:

Høstsolen blinker liflig, frisk blæser Østenvind,
I Ulvesund en Snekke stolt og herlig stryger ind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbXb cXXX XXbb XXdX eeXX XXaa XXXX XXXX XXcX XcXc XfXX gXhX gXXi hXaa cXXX XXXX ccXX XXXX XXXX dXdd XXXc iXdX gXXX XXhX cXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX XXhh XXee XXXe XXcc XXgg Xfcc XeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101110 1100111110101 110111011111 11010101111 1100111111 110110111001 11111011110 11011111101 11011111111 1101110111 11110110011 110111111111 111110111100 111100110001 110110110111 11111101101 1101011111111 11111101111 1111111111101 1111111111 101101101 1101110111101 11100101101 1101011110101 11111001111 111111111 1101110101 111010110101 1110111011 1101110100 110111011100 11011111111 11011111111 110100111 111110110110 1111110111111 111111011101 1110101101 1111111011 111110111100 111111011 10101011011 1111000110110 110101110101 110111011001 11111111111 1101111010 1111111101 11111111001 1101110110111 11011111111 1011111001 11110110011 111111110111 101111011101 11011011111 111110011011 11011111011 110111011011 1101101010001 1100110111101 1110010111101 1100111101111 11110011111 1111111011 11111011100 111110111100 11101110111 110110111111 1111011101 111110111 11110111 110111101101 11111011101 110111111 11111111001 111111111 11011111101 1110111011011 1111101101 11110111101 11111101 1111111111 110111111111 11011111011 11110111101 11011111110 111110110111 11111011111 11111111 11000111011 1101101111 111111111011 111101110111 1111111110 111111011101 111110111100 1110011110001 1101110110 11111001001 11110111001 11111101011 1100111101 110111110110 1101011111 1101101110 1100011100111 1101010001111 01110111 1001110011 110011111 1011111001 1111111111 1111111100 111111001111 0111011101 10111110111 11111111110101 111111111111 11110101101101 1111111111 111111011101 1111111111 111111111 1111111011 11101011001 11111011100 11001011101 1111011101 1111100110101 010011010111 1111000011011 111010111100 1111001111 110111011111 101111101 111110111100 110100011111 11111110111 11111111111 101010110001 111011110101 1110001110001 1101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og, d, han, h, da, er, du, jeg, vil, mig, saa, de, g, sig, med, den are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, han, da, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rd, d, b, r, g are repeated).

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  • summary of Asbjørn Og Thora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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