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

Jeg mindes Jotunfjældenes snehvide Vanvid,
skabt af en gal Gud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001010 11111 11001010 110111101 1111110 111 110111000 111010 110011111 1110111 1100 111011011 111111101 1111 100011 1011111101010 111101 1101101110 111111101111 11101 1101100 1110110110 11100 11 101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; de is repeated.

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

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