This is an analysis of the poem De Gode Gamle Sang Saa Tit that begins with:

De gode Gamle sang saa tit
om Letheflod,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXX aXXXXXXXX XXXbXXXXX XXXXbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1100 1111011 1111111 1111100 111 111111 1100111 11 111111 1111 11001101 111111 111111 1100 1111111 1110100 11 11111011 1111 110111 111011 1101110 111 11010101 1110101 11 01011101 1111 110111010 11110111 1111111 1101 1101001 1110011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; jeg is repeated.

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

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  • summary of De Gode Gamle Sang Saa Tit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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