This is an analysis of the poem Aturernes Grave that begins with:

Alle Folk i Maypures
Holde Siesta — Ingen Zitter,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XbbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 1101010 1000110 101110 10111010 1100110 1111110 111110 1011110 1011110 1101111 11111 10100010 101101 111101 11111 1011110 11011 1000010 11101 1011111 111111 1011111 111010 1001110 1111111 111110 011111 1110000 1011101 1011101 10101101 101110 110110 111101 1010100 11101110 101110 1011110 101010 10101010 110111 111101 101100 100110 111110 11001000 1101010 1101010 111100 101010 101111 111000 101101 101110 1100001 11100010 1100010 11101100 11000010 10101010 100101 111110 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, er, af, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ingen, hele, hvor are repeated.

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  • summary of Aturernes Grave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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