This is an analysis of the poem The Pure Norwegian Flag that begins with:

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Tri-colored flag, and pure,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccdd cXcee XXfgfhijiikikdljlmaXa XncicmjjjXXdd XXXjcXajdnjkjje aoehjakhkldld anhnfn nflndbnnidhdkhmhXdhdodkdXdXdnhohiclX mfXXfnldldnamafddX aX XblccblgfgjjnjlclclnlnXaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,21,13,15,13,6,36,18,2,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111 11111101 110101 11010101 111111 011011 110111110 010110010 110010110 11011011011 111001 1 11101110 11010111 101001010 0100101 01001010 0100101 01010010 01010101 111001110 111001001 11001010 01100111 11001010 110010010 11110010 10110010 01101010 1101011 010111000 10101001 1 011010110 0100111 0100101 0100101 01011010 0101011 010010010 1100111 1011110 110111100 0111111 101111 1 111110100 1110110 1110 1 10 1 0 11101 11001011 01101011 00001011 0110101 11001010 0101001 1 1111010 1110101 11001110 010 1 11011 110011110 1101011 11101110 01101001 11111110 1101111 1 010 01011010 0101101 11111011 0111111 010 1 0010 0111001 1 1 101010 1111101 11011110 0110101 10001110 1111101 100011110 1101111 101001110 11001001 010110100 1101011 11010110 1010101 10001110 0111001 01011110 0101111 1101100100 1100101 111101000 1101001 11010111 11111001 01001010 0101001 11111010 0100111 01101110 0100101 1 1 111010 0 1 0 1 101 11001010 1110101 00110111 1100101 11111010 1110111 11110011 1100111 11111110 1100001 1 10001100 11001010 0110101 11111010 1 1 01101 11011010 0110101 01010011 0100101 01001110 1110101 011010010 1101101 01010010 1111101 010110110 0111111 01010010 11010011 11111010 1101001 11001010 0111100 01011010 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 162
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, their, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, by, the, her, were, to are repeated.

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