This is an analysis of the poem Norwegian Seamen's Song that begins with:
Norwegian seamen are
A folk grown strong 'neath sail and spar;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffggaa hhffhhhh iijjkkhh lliillbX hhllXall bbmmbbll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 01111111 111101 011111 111111 01110111 011111 111101 010011 11010111 111111 010111 110101 010010101 110101 010101 110101 111100101 010111 110101 1100101 01011111 111101 011101 110101 11110101 110101 110101 0100111 11010111 010111 110101 011101 11110111 011111 111101 001111 11111001 010011 001101 011111 11011101 011111 001111 1101010 11110101 1011001 110111 011001 10110101 011101 110101 011011 11011111 011111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
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