This is an analysis of the poem Vårt Land that begins with:

Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
Ljud högt, o dyra ord!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaX XXXbXc dXdXXX XeXXeX fXfXXX XXbXcc XXgXXX aXaaXc XXXXXg aXaaXX hXhhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 111101 11111101 11111111 1111111 1111 11110111 11111 111111 1101011 1111111 110111 11111 1111 1110101 1101100 11111111 11111 110111 11111 11111101 11011101 1101011 11111 1110101 110110 11011111 11011101 1111101 11110 11111101 111111 1111111111 11111111 111111 1111 11111111 11111 1110111 11110011 11110101 11111 11111101 11111 1101111 11011111 111111010 110011 1111111 110111 1111110 1011110111 1101011 1111 1101011 1011101 101011111 11011101 11110011 111111 11010111 110111 11111111 11111111 1110111 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • 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; ej, v, rt, en, r, h, det, oss, och, land, var, din are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ej, d, och, h, var are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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