This is an analysis of the poem Til Asali [v] that begins with:
Som før Leander gjennem Havets Bølger
Hver Aftenstund sig skyndte til sin Mø,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX abXb aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 110011111 110111011 111001010 1110110111 11111101 11111110 111111001 1011110111 1101111101 1111110111 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Til Asali [v];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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