This is an analysis of the poem Främlingens Syn that begins with:

Hvems är palatset, som jag for förbi
I kvällens mörker nyss? Hvem bor däri?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXbXb aXXcXX dXbdXX XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXcXc XcXdXX eeXXXa XXfXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111 1111111 1101110111 111111101 1111111111101 111111011 110111111 100101111 11111111 11101101 111111101 110101001111 111011111 110101110 11110111110 111110101010 1111000111 11011111 11111111 1101110111 1111011110 110110111 111010001110 1111101111 111000110111 1000110110 1111111101 111000111101 1101000010 110111101 11101101 011110011 11110011010 11111101 101111111010 11111010110 11101111 11011101 10001011111110 100011101110001 1111000101110 1111011000101 011000111 10101111100 11010101100 110101101 1111101110 11111100 1111111 1101010111 111101001 010101111 0101011111 110110101 11011101 1101011101 1000111101110 1000101110101 1101101010 1000101011000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; och, s, af, en, n, hon, sen, r are repeated.

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

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

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

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