This is an analysis of the poem Ved Arnen that begins with:

Hun sidder ved Arnen,
Og Ilden den flammer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXXcb XXXXXXXX XXXdXXcX EXXXXXeXE XXdXXddX XXXXdXXXXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 110110 110110 11101 1111 11010 111111 1101 110110 11110 0110 1010 1101100 101 110111 1110 11010 110110 111100 1101 11110 1111 110111 1110 1111 1101001101 110111001 1001111111 11101011001 1111 11111 1111 1111 1111 011101011 11101011001 1110 11111010 1101101101 11111111101 10111101 1111 0111011001 11011011010 11011011010 1111 11011 101 1111 111101100 11101111 111 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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; det, den, og, en, som are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines res, dt are repeated).

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