This is an analysis of the poem Vær Hilset, Du Fortids Toledo that begins with:

Vær hilset, Du Fortids Toledo,
Du ridderlige gamle By;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXbXaXaXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010010 010011 11000110 1111101 0011011 100011 111010 1001011 110010110 111101 11010000 101110 001101110 111101 11011110 10111 01110 111101 0111010 1100100 0110010 1101100 11010000 11011010 1101011 111011 1101111 1111 1111101 110111 111101 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 967
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; og, den are repeated.

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