This is an analysis of the poem At A Banquet Given To The Deputation Of The Swedish Riksdag To The Coronation, In Trondhjem, July 17 that begins with:

You chosen men we welcome here
From brothers near....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbcddc ddXddeffe Xadddghhg aaiiiaggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 0101 11010101 11110101 11010101 0101 01010111 11100101 1101 101010101 1101 1010111010 01110111 10111111 1111 111110111 01100101 1101 100101010 1111 11110101 01010101 11010101 1101 111100101 011010101 1101 11010111 1111 01000101 11011110 11010101 1101 01110101 01010111 1000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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  • summary of At A Banquet Given To The Deputation Of The Swedish Riksdag To The Coronation, In Trondhjem, July 17;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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