This is an analysis of the poem Lovsprog Om Unyttigt Kiv that begins with:

Hvo der kives med sin Ven
om en Oxe...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 111 11100111 11111111111 11110101 111 1111011010 1110111 11011 11111 100111101 11111 11101100 1111100 1111011 11011111 1110110 101010 111101110 1111001 110100101 1111111 10110110 100110100 1101011010 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lovsprog Om Unyttigt Kiv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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