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

Vi suto efter slutad dag
Vid aftonbrasans sken,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXX XcXcXd XXXXXe bdXXdX fXfdXX XXXXXaXX XdXXXX XXXXXX aXXbXg XXXXXX XXhXXd XbXbXe XXXXXX XiXiaaX hXXXgg hXhXXX XXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110001 111111 111101 11111111 111011 1110111 111101 10111101 1111 1001111 1111111 1101111 11110 1101110 110111 1111111 11011101 11110101 110111 1110011 11101 1000101111 1101001 1001101 110111 110111 11111 11011101 111011 11111101 110111 1111111 111111 1111011 1101111 1111101 110111 1101111 11101 1111011 111101 11111111 1111111 1111011 1111 11110 11101 11111111 111111 11110111 110111 1111010 11111 11010111 1101111 1101001 111101 1101111 110101 11011101 1111111 1111101 110111 111111 110101 1111100 11111101 11111111 11011 1111101 1111 1101011 11011011 11111111 101101 11010111 11101 11111110 11010111 0110111 11010 1010011 1111 11110111 1111011 11111111 1111111 111111 11010111 11101 1111111 11111111 11011101 111101 11011111 111111 11111101 11110111 1111111 111111 1101111 111101 111111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • 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; hans, har, t, f, r, du, den, ej, n, och are repeated.

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

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

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

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