This is an analysis of the poem Valkyriur Song that begins with:

The Sea-king woke from the troubled sleep
Of a vision-haunted night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccb dcdcccc efefbbf gfgfggf hihijji hhccddhh kkggcchh ggbbcchh ddccffhXXegegggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 0010101 111001100101 1100101 10111001 1010111 0010101 101010111 1010111 11110101101 1010001 1010111 0110101 11110101 0111100101 1100101 11110100111 0110101 1101001 110101 1010101 101100101 10111111 111011101 10100101 1010011 0011101 1010101 101010101 0110101 111100101 010001 1010101 1010101 0011101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1010001 1110101 1011111 1010101 1011001 1100101 1011001 1111101 1011101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1110111 1010011 1111111 10101111 10111011 1100111 1010101 1010111 1110001 1010111 1110111 1011101 1011111 1110111 1010101 111011111 1010111 1010100111 0010101 1110101 0010111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; and, to, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, by, there are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word hall at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Valkyriur Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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