This is an analysis of the poem Vølunds Ed (5) that begins with:
Fimbulvinteren svandt;
men dens Sne ligger evigt paa Odins Hoved,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXXbbXbXXXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100001 111101011010 11110110 111111101 1111101 1101010 11011011 1110111 1011011 110 0110 110010 11010 11001 101111010 100 11010 1110101001 1111010 11010 11111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; paa, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nner is repeated).
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- idea of the verse;
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More information about poems by Viggo Stuckenberg
- Analysis of Vaardis
- Analysis of Vaarstemning
- Analysis of Vinteraften [først En Skov Af Sorte Stammer]
