This is an analysis of the poem Sung For Norway's Riflemen that begins with:
Fly the banner, fly the banner!
For our freedom fight!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXXecceffXggXX fXXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 11101 10101010 10011 100010 1011111 101010 0111 10100 1110 10111 10010 1010 10101 101010 001010 10111 1110101 101010 10101011 11111111 101001010 10111011 10111011 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; banner, rah are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rah connects the lines.
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