This is an analysis of the poem Til Danfanas Døttre that begins with:

Rige Fugl kommer susende,
Kommer brusende...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XbXXXc XXXXbX XXXX XXXXXXbXXX XaXXX XcXaXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,10,5,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1010 1111001 1011010 1010 1111001 10100111 10110010 111101101 1110110110 1110111100 11100101 111011110 11001111 11011101 1101111 11111110 10101100 11101011 10111011 10101111 111101 101101010 100101 111001 11001001 1110010010 11110000 100110110 10010001 100101 10011011 10111001 1111001 11011011 1100111 110111 11010010 11111011 10111001 110011 1111010 11101011 1110111 11011111 11011 111011 1110111 1111011 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; kommer, paa, ei, g, i, den, re are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Til Danfanas Døttre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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