This is an analysis of the poem Valkyrie-Ridt that begins with:

Der vælder atter Vaarluft hid
Fra Vestens fjerne Banker:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcbXCaXXa XXXXXCacXa AbXBddXXXX XaXaeeXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 110110 011101 11010 1111100 11010111 110111 1100010 1111111 111001 11111101 11110 11111111 110110 111100 11010111 101101 1111111 1110001 110111 1110101 100110 1101011 110110 1111111 1100111 110101 1110010 1111101 11111 10111110 111111 1111101 11111 11111011 11011111 111110 11011110 1111111 1101110 0111100 11111 11011110 1101110 1111110 1110010 010101 111011010 11011101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Valkyrie-Ridt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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