This is an analysis of the poem To Ulla that begins with:

Ulla, mine Ulla, tell me, may I hand thee
Reddest of strawberries in milk or wine?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacaDXDDAXAXXeXccccfbfbDXDDAXAXXeXcacacXXXDXDDAXAXXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 57,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111111 1001100111 10010101011 1001010101 11110011010 010101011 11011011010 111 00010001101 1001100 10101110111 1111 11101 1001011 111101 0101000 11110011110 100 100 11011101010 1101011101 11010101010 1010010101 10010110010 011011101 11011100010 1001 00010001101 1001100 10101110111 1111 11101 1001011 111101 0101000 11110011110 100 100 11010010110 101010111 10011110110 1001101101 10010010010 1111001 111100111010 111 00010001101 1001100 10101110111 1111 11101 1001011 111101 0101000 11110011110 100 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1953
  • Average number of words per stanza: 338
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, heavenly, ', to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, heavenly, klang are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines heavenly is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase heavenly connects the lines.

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  • summary of To Ulla;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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