This is an analysis of the poem Stiernesvælget that begins with:
Hist i Dybet, nær Orions Belte,
Hvor i Lys paa Lys sig Sole vælte,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX aXXaXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 11111111 10101011 101111 1011100 10111011 111100101 10111011 011100111 101110111 11101101 11101011111 10110111 111010110 1111011110 010111010 111111000 100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, det are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).
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- summary of Stiernesvælget;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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