This is an analysis of the poem Hytten that begins with:

Der stander en Hytte paa Jorden etsteds
Saa langt fra den alfare Vei -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX abab cXcX XXdX XeXe XXXX XXXd XXaX XXXX eXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111010 1111101 111111010 11001011 1111011011 11011111 11111111011 11011010 111101011 11010001 111100111 11001011 111101111 111101 11111110 11001111 1111111101 1101001 1101011001 11011011 11110011001 1111101 1100110001 11001001 1101111011 11011011 11011011011 1111001 1111011001 11110011 1111001001 11011001 111110001 11011001 1111001001 1101001 1111111111 111101 1111111111 1111111 11001110011 101110 1101111001 11011001 1110100111 11001010 1110101001 110001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; en, og, brudgom, brud, saa, vi, ledte, ved, hellig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, vi, og are repeated.

    The author used the same words der, vi, og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hytten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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