This is an analysis of the poem Balders Død that begins with:
Fra mit Breidabliks den lyse Bue
Steg jeg ned, trods Skyerne, hvis Torden...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XaXX XXbXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111100111 11111110 111011010 10111011 111011111 10110110 1111111010 1110001 1111101110 100011011 111001010 1111111 101111111 111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Balders Død;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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