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

Ginge Aser
alle til Thing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX aBcXdddX XadcaXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XcXXc XXXE XXXcDXXXX XXX XXXXXE XXXXDXXaX XXXcXXXXXXE XXXXDcXXX XXdaB XXXXc XaXXXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,8,8,9,5,4,9,3,6,9,11,9,5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 111 1100111 1010 110 1101 11 1110 111 1110 101 1011 1101 111 1111 1110 1110 111 1010 1110 101 1111 111 1110 1110 111 101 111 10011 1110 11110 1011 1110 1111 101 11111 1011 1101 1111 101 10110 0101 1011 11011 1101 111 1110 1110 11 1110 0101 1111 11010 111 1110 111 1111 101 111 111 11110 1111 1110 11 1101 101 11 111 1101 1110 11 1101 101 111 1111 101 111 111 11110 1111 1110 111 1101 111 11 1110 11 10010 1101 1111 111 1101 1111 111 1111 101 111 111 11110 1111 1110 111 11110 11 11 10010 1110 100010 111 101 1001 1011 10001 1010 11 1110 11000 1001 1010 1110 11010 101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Vegtamskvide;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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