This is an analysis of the poem Skaden that begins with:
I Kroen de havde en tæmmet Skade,
den hoppede om ved Lo og Lade;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 11011111 11101101 111101111 1101101110 11010111 110101111 110101101 11111111 11110111 1110111 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; den, rte are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word den is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, rte are repeated).
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- summary of Skaden;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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