This is an analysis of the poem To Johan Sverdrup that begins with:
When now my song selects and praises
Your forceful name, think not it raises...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdaedcXXffddgghhXiffjjahhabddagddadXhkkhakak ddhXd gddffhhfffhfhXbbffXbfffaaccllbbhhhhfcXdf dfdcdhXdhhhhaammnndXfffdfdkkggXXjjaaffXffhaadennaeffdeff ffkkhhaiiabbaa ikkilloofiXkkhhiinb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,5,40,56,14,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101110 110111010 010011101 01111111 0101011 110001010 0 0 0101010 11011111 110101011 110101110 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010111 11111101 01011111 011101010 011111010 110 10 1010 110011010 01010111 01110101 11010101 111101010 110101110 11010101 11011 10 1 11010111 1111 110 1 111101001 010111001 11010110 111101010 01111100 01001101 111001110 11011101 11110101 010011101 11110101 1 11101010 010101110 010101110 1111101110 1 10100101 01110101 11011101 00111101 110110110 010101110 111101110 010111010 11110111 111111110 111111001 111101010 1111001110 110111001 11010111 010101010 11110100 110 01 0101 11011101 01111101 11001111 11010101 11111101 11111101 11111101 01110101 11111101 11111111 10010101 100101010 111101010 001001001 1011011010 01011101 1100 1 1010 1 10101 1 0 01001101 010001110 111100110 010101001 010101010 1101011010 11010101 01011101 110111010 110101010 0101111 11000101 110111010 0101001010 01010101 11110110 11011101 11011101 111101110 11011101 101101010 01111101 01010111 11010111 11010101 11110111 011101001 101111010 11011101 11010101 110101010 011001110 11110111 01110101 010111010 11010101 11111001 0101011010 1101110 110101110 1 0 1101010 110101010 0 0 1101010 1001010010 1 0 0001010 1100100010 111111010 110101110 11111111 01110001 010101010 111101010 110101010 01000101 11000101 011001010 11010101 11111101 01000101 10010111 010111100 01011100 11011101 110111110 11010101 01011111 01010111 11100101 00010111 01010101 110111101 01111101 011111110 101101010 01111101 11110101 011101010 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
- Average number of words per stanza: 148
- Amount of lines: 181
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, your, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, then, its, so, we, forward, held, and, to are repeated.
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