def is_fornyrdhislag(text: str):
        """
        Basic check, only the number of lines matters: 8 for fornyrðislag.

        >>> text1 = "Hljóðs bið ek allar\\nhelgar kindir,\\nmeiri ok minni\\nmögu Heimdallar;\\nviltu at ek, Valföðr,\\nvel fyr telja\\nforn spjöll fira,\\nþau er fremst of man."
        >>> text2 = "Deyr fé,\\ndeyja frændr,\\ndeyr sjalfr it sama,\\nek veit einn,\\nat aldrei deyr:\\ndómr um dauðan hvern."
        >>> MetreManager.is_fornyrdhislag(text1)
        True
        >>> MetreManager.is_fornyrdhislag(text2)
        False

        :param text:
        :return:
        """
        lines = [line for line in text.split("\n") if line]
        return len(lines) == 8