This is an analysis of the poem Anton Martin Schweigaard (In The Church After The Funeral Oration) that begins with:
Give us, God, to Thee now turning,
Fullness of joy, tears full and burning,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbaXbbccc XdXXeXXeffccX aagaageeddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 100111110 000101010 111100100 001 1 01010 01110001 111101 0100111 100101101 1101 11010101 11111100 01010 1 110 01011111 110101110 010101110 11010101 111111 110100 11100111 1011 101111101 11101010 101111110 11110111 11101010 111101010 11011101 110101 111111 11101111 1111 11011110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word our is repeated.
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- summary of Anton Martin Schweigaard (In The Church After The Funeral Oration);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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