This is an analysis of the poem Nytaar 1884 that begins with:

Mellem skillende Skyr
gaar det graanende Gry,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 11101 1010101110 11111 111011 11101011111010110 111010 111010 11101011 111011 101011 111101101111 01011 1101 0111101 01010 11001 101111101011011 11010 111001 11011101 11110 1111 1101111100101 111010 111111 11101111 111011 11101 111010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; har, vi, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words har, vi, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Nytaar 1884;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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