This is an analysis of the poem Song For Norway National Hymn that begins with:

Yes, we love this land that towers
Where the ocean foams;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAXAbcbc dbdbdddd dedebdbX fgfabXbX ghghbdXd bdbddi idi jajahkhk AAXAkdkd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,6,3,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10101 10110100 10101 10100110 10101 11101010 10011 00111010 00101 00111010 11101 10101010 10111 10101010 10101 10101010 111001 10011110 10101 10101010 10011 10111110 11111 10100110 11001 10101010 10101 11101110 10101 10011010 10100 10111111 01101 01101011 11101 11101110 10111 10101100 10101 11101010 10101 10100110 11101 11101010 10111 101 01010 11111 10111110 10101 11101010 00101 11101110 11101 10101010 11111 11101110 10101 10110100 10101 11101010 10101 10111110 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • 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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