This is an analysis of the poem Vaar-Rim that begins with:

Moders Dyner er lagt paa Hæs,
Koen dryner hun vil paa Græs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100111 1101111 1101101 10101100 10101101 10101101 1101111 10101100 1011101 11101101 10101101 10111101 1110101 11111 10001101 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • 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; paa is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s is repeated).

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  • summary of Vaar-Rim;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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