This is an analysis of the poem Kvinderne Nordfra that begins with:

Paa Ski har vi faret og Slæde,
naar Midnats-Maanen vælded,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XaX XXX XXX Xaa XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXa XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 110101 111111 1101101 1101110 1100010 1110 11100 1101110 11011 111100 1111100 111111 110010 1100110 1111010 110010 1101101 11111 1111010 111111 1111100 111111 1101100 0101110 1001 1011011 111110 11011 1101100 111010 111111 111110 111010 111001 11111 111100 1111010 010011100 1110101 1100010 110111110 1111011 110101 11010100 11111 101101 11101011 11010110 1111110 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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.

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

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