This is an analysis of the poem Bjørnkjærs Ruiner that begins with:

Bjørnkjær Slot ligger ned i Gruus
Under Tidsel og Nælder;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX bXXcXX deXXXX XaXaXX XXXXXX Xfdgbb hXhXXX XfXgbb XbhXXX XXXXXX XbXbXe cXXXXX XXaXXc bXbXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 101011 110101011 11110101 10101111 1110011 101011001 0111 11011101 111110101 01110101 010010110 1011100 10101 110111101 11111101 110111001 111011001 1111111 11110 0111111 110110101 11010110 1101011001 11011111 1111 11010111 11011111 010111101 1110101 11011100 1011 110101101 11101011 11010111 11110011 1011100 1101 11111 11011011 10101101 1111101 110101111 10110 1101101101 11011101010 110001101 11111110 1011100 111 10111010 111011111 1010101 0101111 0111111 10101 101111 1101011 11101101 1100100101 1001011001 1010 101111 11101110 011011001 11101111 10101111 1101 11101101 111110101 111101010 110110110 11101011 1101 11101101 11111101 1111011 110111101 11010111 1101 11101001 1101010 1010111 110100101 11111001 1101 11011101001 10110101 1111101 1101111011 1101111 101011 0110101 1111011 11110110 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ngsel, nder are repeated).

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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