This is an analysis of the poem I De Lyse Nætter that begins with:

I de lyse Nætter, i de lyse Nætter
Stiger Digtet frem fra Skjaldens Bryst....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011 101011101 10101110 101100101 1111111 11110110 1110111 1010111010 10111010 1000111 1111111 101010101 1110111 11101011 101110101 1101101010 111111 1011101010 1011101010 1011111 111111 11110010 10111111 10111110 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tter, helst, den, du, man are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rte is repeated).

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  • summary of I De Lyse Nætter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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