This is an analysis of the poem I Riddertiden, Som De Alle Vide that begins with:

I Riddertiden, som De Alle vide,
Sad Damerne i Kreds høit over Skranken...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001011 1101111010 111101011 110101111 111101111 1111111000 11011101 111111011 1101111 11010111 110101110 110101011 011111111 11111101 1101111110 101110100 11111111 1111110110 1111111010 1100110101 111111110 111111 11010110110 1100111011 1110010010 1110111100 1111111 101110110 11101111 11011111 11111011 1111110 11110110 110011110 11111110 110111111 110000111 111111110 1111000110 0111001111 110110111 111110111 1111001101 11010110010 1101110110 110011110 111111101 11110111 1101111110 11010111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1906
  • Average number of words per stanza: 381
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, at, vi, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Riddertiden, Som De Alle Vide;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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