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

Udeis eller Ingen, saaledes navngav
sig Helten, da Trolden gik ham paa Klingen....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010010 11011011110 1100100101000 1111110101010 110101010110 1111111110 11111110 11010101010 1111100110 1111011110 11110101 11111101010 10101011010 110001011010 10110101011 11011010 101101110 110101110 1011111111 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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