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

I de dybe Hjerters Tid,
Som sig vel mon sømme,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabX cXcXXXX XXXXXbX XXXXbbd eXbXXXX XXXXcXf aXXaXXX bXXXXXX XXeXXXd aXXXbXX XXXXgXX fXfdbbX XXXXXXX XXXXXXa gXgXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11111 1010111 111 10111 1110111 10111 1110011 11101 110101 1011 1011100 111100 10100 1001101 1110 11110 1111 1111100 10111 110 1111101 10101 11111 1101 1110111 111111 111110 111101 1111 1100111 1110 1011111 1110101 1110 1110110 11111 1111101 11111 1111101 111101 10011 1000111 11000 1010011 11110 1111101 101011 10100 1001111 1111 111101 10110 1011001 1001100 111010 1110101 10100 101111 101110 101111 11111 11110 1000101 10111 111100 1111 111101 1011100 101110 1111100 11100 110101 101000 10111 1010110 10101 1010111 10110 111010 10110 111111 1011101 101010 1111001 100110 101111 111110 111111 101010 1111 1011101 10111 101100 10011 1100111 1110101 101010 11111 1111 1010111 1101 101111 1010101 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; n is repeated.

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

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

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

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