This is an analysis of the poem Til Mine Velgjørere that begins with:

I tredive Aar, og vel fleer, jeg sang
Alt over min gamle mørkladne Vang....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXXXXXbbcXXXXXXXXXXXX cXXXXXXXXXXddXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111111 1101111 1111111011 110111011 10011101 11111100 1111111 11111101 11011101011 1111111111 11111001 110111011 11001101 11011110 110101111 110011001 111110010 11110011 11010101 10111011001 1110111 1111111101 111111110 111101111 10110110 11110101 01111111 110011011 010100101 11011111 110101101 11011111011 101101100 1100111010 111110110 1111011 1111011 11110111 1101101101 11111111001 11011111 110111101 11111101 11011111 1100111 1101111101 1111101101 110111111 111110100 11111111 1101101011 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 995
  • Average number of words per stanza: 205
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; jeg, re, v, et, ger, en, st are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, rk, st, r are repeated).

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  • summary of Til Mine Velgjørere;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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