This is an analysis of the poem Da Vinduet Var Frosset that begins with:

Iiskolde Graaskjæg, som Stormene hvirvle fra Norden!
Smertelig saaret du har Sangerens elskende Bryst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101110 1001001100101 1101001111101 11001111111 1011011100010 11110110101 11101111110 11111111111011 101000101100111 111111111001 111111110010 11110101001110 011111101111111 1110110111 11110110111 10010110111110 1011101011 1010111101100 10101111001 111101011111000 101110011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; din, at, om are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ei is repeated.

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  • summary of Da Vinduet Var Frosset;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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