This is an analysis of the poem The Conquest Of Finland that begins with:

ACROSS the frozen marshes
The winds of autumn blow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXdcdcdedddXXXaefafcegehidiadjdkehXXdhdhieijldlghdhedkXcfdfcddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010101 10110010 110101 1101110 1100101 01010001 010101 1111010 110111 1101110 110111 1111111 110101 10001010 11011011 1001010 1010100 1101010 0010101 1111011 110111 01010101 110101 10011010 010101 100110101 010101 1101110 110001 0101010 110101 10101010 01001011 0101111 001101 1101010 010101 10010101 010101 1101110 100101 01011101 110101 1101010 110111 11010101 010101 1101011 110101 11010101 010111 1011110 010111 1001010 011101 1111010 110111 10101010 111001 1111110 011111 11110101 010101 1111010 110101 1101010 0010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1998
  • Average number of words per stanza: 371
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, she, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, 'god, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Conquest Of Finland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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