This is an analysis of the poem Den Femte Juli that begins with:

'Nu lyser julisolen klart,
Mitt sinne stäms så underbart...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • 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; och, t, han, d, r, g, s, den, det, dess, i, jag, hvad, en, att are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kom, och, d, det, dess, jag, hvad, en, hans, l are repeated.

    The author used the same word och at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases r, hans connect the lines.

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  • summary of Den Femte Juli;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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