This is an analysis of the poem Vølunds Ed (2) that begins with:

Der skinnede Sol over Asgaard,
Midsommersol med sin stikkende Straale,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa Xbccb XXdXe XXXXX XXXXX Xf XXgXgb XXXXX fhahXXXXfd XieiXXXX XeXXXXeXXXXXXXXXX XXXacXiXXXXXXXXX XfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,5,5,2,6,5,10,8,17,16,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 100011101 1101011 1111011111 1101011001 1111 11011101 11011110 10111011 11111011111 1101100110 1101110101 110011000 111111101 111111111 110101010 01101101 110110110 11011101 1101011001 11111110 11011101 110100 110110111 111011111 1111111 1101011101 111111101 101011 100110101 1101101101 1101011111 11010111 110111010 1101101101 11111010 101101001 01011101 111101100 111 11101101 11101011001 11011011 1101 110111110 1111101110 1101111 1111 11111 11111010 1111001 111010110 110110111 1111001 111011001 1101101001 1101 1010110101 1010111010 1010101101 10111101 1101 1101101 11110 1011110 11010011010 1101010101 1011011 110101101 1110001 1011001110 1001010 110110 111101110 111011 11101001 11110011 111 1110101001 1101101111 1011101 10011101 11010111 11101111 111111011 111101011 11011101 1111111110 1101111011 1101 1110101 1101 101110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; og, i, d, hans are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, i, over are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nke, d, g, fter, der are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Vølunds Ed (2);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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