This is an analysis of the poem Et Varsel that begins with:

Rød sank til Hvile Dagens Stjerne
I Guld og Pragt...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXX XbXbbXXX XcccXXXX XXXXXcXX XXXXXXXX XXdaXcXX eXeXXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1111 1101111 1100 111011110 1111 1101100 111 110101110 111 1101011 111 11010111 111 11011101 11000 11111100 1101 1111101 1001 111011 1011 111010 111 100011111 1111 11011101 1111 1101101 1111 011111010 1110 1111111 1111 11011101 111 11110111 1111 1111011 111 101011011 1101 1101111 1111 1101011 1101 0110100 11100 1110101 1111 11110101 111 111111 1101 111111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; de, ved are repeated.

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

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