This is an analysis of the poem At Hansteen's Bier that begins with:
God, we thank Thee for the dower
Thou gavest Norway in his power,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabbaccddd eefddfccXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 110110010 10011111 10101111 010101111 01110101 110101 010111 01010111 0101 11111101 10101010 110101010 11010111 11101110 111001010 11111111 100111 111111 111111100 1111 01110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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