This is an analysis of the poem Agnar Og Aslaug that begins with:

Ung Agnar tiener i Konningens Gaard,
Han er sig ei Hovmand og Ridder,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXXX XXbX cXXX XXXX XXXX bbbb XXbX XXXX XbXb XXXb XcXX cdcd eXeX XXXa eXeX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XfXf XXXX XXXX eXXX XXXX bXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011001 101110110 11101101 1110110 1100100101 1100101 1101011001 1101011 110111101 0100101 11110111 1111010 11011011101 1100011 11110110 11011001 1101111011 1100011 111101101 110110 1111110 11011001 111101101 1111111 11010001 110101 110111111 111111 110101101 11111 1111101101 111011 110101101 1100101 111111101 111101 1111110 111101 110101101 111111 1111100111 11011011 11000101 110011 111101111000 111111 11000011 110111 1101101111 110101 1011011111 111111 111101101 1110110 11101010011 11010010 110101100 011110 110110111 11011110 1111011 01011110 1101101111 111101 110110101 111001 1111111001 111111 110110011 1101111 111101101 111111 11010111 1111111 11011100 11010 111111100 110111 1101111011 1111111 1111100 111101 111101101 1100111 1100111011 11011111 110110101 111111 1111111 1101111 11111110 1111001 11000111 101110010 110101100 1101101 111111011 1011010 11111100 1111011 010011101 1111011 11001011 1101101 1111011011 1111100 1111010100 111100 11011111 1111110 011011111 1101111111 111101111 0100011 110001111 010111 110111011 1111011 110110111 1110110 1111011 1111111 1101101100 111101 101011011001 1111011 111001111 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, det, og, saa, jeg, han, da, de, den, skal, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word de at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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