This is an analysis of the poem Saa Kvæder Den Liden Pilt that begins with:

Slaar du den store Harpe
i Bardernes Hal:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXcXd XXXXXXXbX XXXXaeaXc XXXXdeXXX XdXXXXXXX abXXXXXXX XfffXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 11001 1101110 0101 1111 11111 100110 010111 11011101 100110 11001 11011 110011 11111 110111 1110100 111101 11111101 1100110 111111 01010100 11011 11111 1111 1111101 11011 11010110010 11011 1011 11011100 100111 111011 11001 11111 100100 1101111100 0101110 110111 111110 110111 1110100 11111 111110 111011 101101111 011101 11001 1111110 0101 1100110 110100 0101011 11111 1101111101 1101110 11111 101011 1101 10101 110011 10101 1111 10011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i, du, trods are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word lte at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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