This is an analysis of the poem Man Har Sagn Om Borgtapeter (I) that begins with:

Man har Sagn om Borgtapeter,
Hundredaarige, paa hvilke...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111000 100011 0100100 111111 1111110 111111 1111000 1001101 10110 101100 11101 1010100 10011100 11101100 1111000 110110 11100010 1011000 11011 11100 1100010 111101 1011110 111001 11110 110011 1110111 110101 1111010 1011110 11101100 10111110 111100 10111 111010 101111 1111 1110100 111110 11110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; en is repeated.

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  • summary of Man Har Sagn Om Borgtapeter (I);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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