This is an analysis of the poem Molnets Broder that begins with:

Högt i skogen låg det ringa torpet,
Djupt i ödemarken, långt från vägen,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXXbc XXXXXXXXXaXXX XXXX XXXXXXdXXXXXXaXXXXXbXXeXXaXXXXXXfX XaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXgXXXXXXaXXXXXXXX XXXaXXXaXgXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXaaXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXhXXXXXXXdXXhXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXeXXXX XXXXfXXXXX XcXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,13,4,34,16,22,18,7,5,14,30,5,8,35,10,36,35,16,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111010 11100111 101110101 1011101 11011101 111111110 111010110 1010111110 101011101 11010101 11111110 11100101 10110100 1011111010 10111101 111111010 111111101 101101110 10111110 1110011110 1010110010 1111101110 100111110 111110010 111111010 111111101 1111101 111111010 101111010 100111110 1111111110 101110110 11111101 100001110 111111 1111001110 101110101 111011110 111111110 111111110 1110111010 111111101 1110111010 1110111 1010111110 101111110 1011111 1110111010 1111101 11111010 11111111 111111010 111011110 1110111 111011101 111111010 11111110 10111111 111011100 111111110 111011100 1110100110 110011110 1010101110 111111110 1111111110 1110111010 1111101010 11111101 111101010 111110111 111110101 1110101010 1010101010 111111010 111111000 111011010 1011101110 11111110 101010010 111101110 101110110 1011111010 10111101 111011110 111011000 111111110 1010111000 101010110 11011111 111111110 1011101 10111101 1110111000 111111010 111101110 1110101110 1111101010 11000111110 11111110 11110101 101011000 111111110 1100011101010 11111101 101111110 1110101010 1110111110 111011111 1110111010 111111101 101110111 10101111 11011101 1111110 1110111100 101111101 1111110 1110111010 1111111 1110111110 101011100 101110101 1011111 111111110 101101111 101110101 111011010 111111010 11111100 111110110 101010111 1110111010 1100011111 1111101010 1100011111110 1011110 11000111110 1110111010 101111010 11011101 111010110 1111111 11101111 101111110 111001110 111110110 111011110 111011 101110101 11110101 111110101 11101111 1101101 111010110 111111000 1111011 111101111 11111101 101110111 1110111 111110111 111101011 111101010 1111111 1010111110 1101011 111011110 1110101010 1011111010 1111111111 1110101010 1011011 111111010 111111101 1111111110 1111111 11111001 101011101 111010111 111101011 11011101 1111111 111011000 1110111010 111111010 111111 1111101010 1111111011 011011111 101010110 1110111110 1111111 1111111110 1111101 11110111010 111011000 11111111 1101111 111011111 10110111 1111111 11001101 111101010 111110101 111010110 110101010 1110101010 101111110 11111101 111011111 1111111 111111110 10101111010 111110110 111011101 111111010 11111111 101111110 11101101 111011110 111111010 1111111110 1000111010 101001101 11111111110 1110111 1110101110 111011010 11101010 1111101 10101111 1110111 1111011 111111111 11101111 10100110 11101111 1110101110 10111100 111111 111011110 11111111 111111010 1110001110 110110101 10111111 101111100 11110101110 1011111010 11110110 101111010 1011111010 111011110 1000111000 111111110 11110011 10110110 111011111 1110011010 111101111 10101111 11110111 1011011110 1111111010 1111111 11111010 11101101 110111010 11011100 11110101 111001010 111110110 101111111 10111111 101111101 11110101 111011110 1111110 1110101010 111011101 11101101 11100011 11110111 11111111 1111111110 111111010 11111101 111011111 1111111111 01111101 111011111 11101001010 11111110 111111101 11000111110 111111110 101110111 101111111 111010110 111011111 111111110 11000110111 1010111010 11111111 1111100010 11101100 1111011111 101010101 10111111 1111011 1111110 111101011010 1011111110 11111111 101111110 10101110 111111101 11111101 111001110 111011110 1111011010 1110111 11110101 111011110 101010111 111111010 10111111 1111011 110001110111 111011110 111111111 111000110 111011110 11111111 1110111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 336
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hans, ej, f, och, r, ett, d, han, n, h, s, v, g, i, den, som, ingen are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words eller, utan, l, mer, hvilken, n, ingen, som, allt are repeated.

    The author used the same words men, s at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Molnets Broder;
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