This is an analysis of the poem Paa Sjølunds Fagre Sletter that begins with:

Paa Sjølunds fagre Sletter
ved Østersøens Bred,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXX bXbXXXXX XXXXXXaX XXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 1101 110110 110100 110010 11101 1011110 110001 11011 11101 1111 110100 10011010 111100 1111100 110111 11010 110101 11111 110111 11111 11001 01111 11100 111110 100101 111010 110111 11011 111101 1111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; j is repeated.

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  • summary of Paa Sjølunds Fagre Sletter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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