This is an analysis of the poem Man Har Sagn Om Borgtapeter (Iii) 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 XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111000 100011 0100100 111111 1111110 111111 1111000 1001101 10110 101100 11101 1010100 1011100 1110111 1111000 1111 110010 110111 1001000 1011101 11110 110011 1111011 111101 1111010 1011110 11101100 10111110 10111010 111100 010100 100100 10111110 1010101 11000010 1011101 1111101 101001 1001101 11111 111110 1101110 1110001 1100101 10101000 11111010 11001101 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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