This is an analysis of the poem Fältmarskalken that begins with:

Gladt i Frantsila ett jubel
Ljöd från Cronstedts lägerställen;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXXX XXcXXXXX XXXdXXXX XXXdXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX bcXXXXaX XXXXXdXX cXXXXXXX bXXXbXbX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 111010 11100010 110111 11111010 1110011 1111110 11111 1101000 10001 110011 11101001 1111010 110011 111111 1101110 111110 1111000 11111 10111010 1110110 110110 1110111 1100110 10111110 11100110 1101110 111110 1011111 11101110 11101010 111110 11101000 1101110 11111010 11101010 10011110 1111110 1001110 11111110 10100110 11101110 111111 10101110 101111 110011 011111 0111111 1011110 11111010 11111000 1111110 1010110 110000 1110111 1101110 1001110 111001 1100101 1111111 1111111 1111110 111110 11111010 1111111 1111111 111111 1010101 1011101 111110 1110011 1110110 1001111 10101010 1011101 1111010 1111110 111111 11101110 1110101 11110 1101110 11101110 1111110 11101110 1111110 11110010 11101110 1111101 101111110 1011110 1111110 100100 101111 1111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; f, r, han, v, ej, vi are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words f, du are repeated.

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

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

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