This is an analysis of the poem Den Ypperligste Vey that begins with:

Den ypperligste vey
For bruden, som vil ey...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbb cXXXXX ddXaXX XXcXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXe XXXXXc ddeXXX XXXXXc XXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 110111 110111 110101 01111 110001 11011 11101 111101 010011 1011110 110110 11011 11011 10111 111101 111110 1100010 11010 111101 11111 0101 1111010 1100010 111101 110111 10111 11111 110111 110011 11011 111101 11111 110011 11110 11111 11100 11011 1111 11011 010111 1101100 100001 11001 111110 1001110 111110 1101110 1111 11111 1101100 111100 1111 101111 11011 11011 111110 11011 111101 111101 11100 11011 111101 111101 110001 111101 110111 11001 1111000 1100010 11111111 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; hun is repeated.

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

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

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