This is an analysis of the poem Vølunds Ed (3) that begins with:

Den rinder tungt og stille
den dybe Visdomskilde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXX XXXXXX bbcXXddc XXXcXXXXXXXX bbcXec ffcXXXcgXXXXXdX aXXXdXXd XXdXXeXXXe XXXgXXX hXhXXXXX XXX dXXXX eXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,12,6,15,8,10,7,8,3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11100 11110100 11111110 1110010 11111101 1111011 10111110 111101 1111111 1111010 111111 1111101 11110 1110101 111111 111110 11010111 11001111 111111 11110101 1100010 1101000 1101100 1101010 11010 1101010 11110 11111 11011101 1101111 11010101 1101101 111111 11011101 11110001 101110 11010101 11110101 11011010 11010101 1101111 1101010 11010111 1111101 110111 1101010 1111110 110111 11111111 11010111 1111011 1110111 11011101 1111100 110110 110111 11011111 1110110 11110101 110110111 11011101 110001 11010110 1111010 11111111 110110 11011111 110101 10111101 101101 11011101 111111 11011111 11111 11110 11001010 111010 110100 1101111 11010111 11111111 111011 1101011 1111100 1101110 11011101 1101110 1110111 01110 11001100 1111001 11101 1111011 1010101 1111 110110001 10010011 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og, snart are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word den 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 r, g are repeated).

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

  • summary of Vølunds Ed (3);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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