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

Sneflokke kommer vrimlende
hen over Diger trimlende, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXaXXXa XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1101010 1101110 110111 110111 1111 11011 111101 110110 0101110 110110 100111 110111 11011 110110 110111 1100110 111100 1101110 111010 1101010 111110 1101110 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; kkerne, og, nningen, nu are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word og at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Nordovst;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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