This is an analysis of the poem N:O Femton Stolt that begins with:

Den sköna dagen på Lappos fält
Var ändad, och segerglad...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXX bXXX XaXX XcXc dadX XaXa eaea cXXX XXXX XXbX XXfX aXaX XXXX XXXX XbgX bXXX bbXX aeXX fXfX cXcX XXXb XXgX XXaX XXXX XXXX XcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 111100 111101111 1101101 1101111 11100101 110101101 1111100 1111001011 1100101 110101011 111101 110101111 110111 111101001 111111 111101111 11101101 1110001101 11101110 111101110 10101111 0111111 1110111 110110111 11101001 110101101 110101 111111011 1111011 111011101 110111 11101110001 1110101 11111001010 111100 110110111 111101 1101111 111111 11111111 110111 11111101 110101 110101011 111111 111110111 110111 11111101 1111011 11110101 111111 11111111 111111 11101101 101111 111101101 111111 111101101 1111101 111110 1111011 11110111 1111100 11111111 11111 11111100 1111111 111101111 0101101 1111110 11101001 111101101 111101 11111111 110101 111111101 1101100 01111101 111111011 11111111 11101101 11111111 11010101 111101110 11111 111101100 1100101 11111110 100011 11011101 1111111 11101101 1111111 110111001 1111111 11101111 1111101 11101101 1101111 11111111 1101111 11101111 10111 111101111 101011 11111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; r, f, d, k, g, jag, hans, och, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words den, d, hans, och are repeated.

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

    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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