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

Viser mig Saga en herlig Bedrift,
Ren uden Lyde og Men,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa bbXXXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011010 110111 1011111101 111101 1011111101 1100 1111111111 1011111 1011011001 1111100 1111011111 1011011 101111011 111101 10111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; det is repeated.

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  • summary of Begejstring;
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  • history of its creation;
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