This is an analysis of the poem Den Döende Krigaren that begins with:

Försvunnen var en blodig dag,
Det var på Lemos strand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXc XXXXXX cXdXXX XebXXX fXXXXX gXXXbb XXXXXX XXXaXe XXXXXf XXXfXX XbXXXa hfhfff XXdXeX bgbXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 111101 01010100 110101 111111 11110111 1111101 11101 1011011 11111 11011101 1111111 1111111 110100 1111111 11100 1101011 1101111 1110110 11011 11011101 111011 1110101 11110111 11011101 11111 11010110 11111 111111 111111 11010111 11111 1111111 110101 1111111 11010111 111110001 111011 10001111111 10001011 111101 1111101 11011110 11110001 1101011 11011 1101111 11010110001 1101110001 111110001 11111111 1111 10001110101 1000111101 1000111111 111110 1000110111 111111 11000111 1111101 111111 11101 1111111 11101 11111111 11110111 1111101 111101 1111111 110111 11110111 1111111 111111 11111 1111110 11101 11111 111111 1111101 11111 11010111 111111 1111011 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hans, p, g, han, n, r, hon, lik, s, och are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words en, hans, n, nu, hon, han, och are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dd, g are repeated).

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  • summary of Den Döende Krigaren;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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