This is an analysis of the poem Ole Gabriel Ueland that begins with:

Of long toil 't is a matter
Through many a silent age,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX eeeefgfg dXhchcidid dedeijij ehXXhXhf aeaeicXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010 1100101 01110110 110101 0110010 110111 0011001 1101100 0111010 110101 0101010 110101 0101111 111101 1101011 111101 1 1 01010 110101 1101110 011111 0111010 111101 1111010 011011 1001010 010001 1101010 010101 0011010 111101 1101110 111001 110111 011101 010111 1100100 0101010 1111110 1110010 101101 0101110 110101 0101010 010111 1101110 100111 110111 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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  • summary of Ole Gabriel Ueland;
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