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

End Vinteren sit Hoved løfter
I Sneefog over Fjeldets Top,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXa XXbXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXbcXXX XXXXXXc XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 11010101 11011 1101011 010100 110110 1011 111111000 101011 11011110 100110 1111010 1101010 100111 11110110 11110111 01001000 101101 110100 11101000 100101 11011111100 1101011 111100 11101101 11010 10011 11011 11010010 11011010 1100111110 11001111 1110 101010 111111 1101110 1111101 1001111 11001100 1100101 110100 110101 1111010 101101111 1100111 1100011 111110 110010 11001 1110010 11000101 11111010 10011111 101101 111011 11011 1111111 11011100 11011100 111001100 11111 10011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, til are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ber, ger, nge are repeated).

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