This is an analysis of the poem Gunløde that begins with:

Jeg elsker den hvide,
Den blide Gunløde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXaXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 111 1101 1111 11011 11010 110110 110110 1101 11011 011 110110 110110 0101 10001 11011 11011 110110 110110 11011 11110 11001 11011 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, og, hun are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, hun are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, nder are repeated).

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

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