This is an analysis of the poem The Norsemen ( From Narrative And Legendary Poems ) that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXacceeffggeeeeff eebbbbbbhhiijjiikkdd ddiiaaffllmmkk iikkbbeeeeccggjjffhhXkee mmeeffffcceekXffnnaabbbbooffiiaaooaammff X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,24,20,14,24,40,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 01000011 11010101 01010101 11010101 11000101 10010101 111110001 110100110 11110111 01001101 11000111 01111101 01010001 11011101 100100101 110101010 011101110 11011101 001011101 11000111 11110111 01000111 11100101 01010111 10010111 11010101 11111101 10010111 11010101 11111101 11010101 01011101 010100101 11011101 011100101 010101110 111001010 11011101 11010101 11010101 01111101 11010101 01010101 11011111 11110100 11111111 01101101 11100111 10010101 11010111 0111101 11011101 11011101 110111010 1101010010 100110111 11111111 10111111 11011101 11001111 10111101 111011101 010010101 10011111 11010101 11010111 01010111 10011101 01011101 11110111 01110101 110111110 110101010 01010101 11001101 01110101 01110101 1010101 110101001 11010111 010101001 1010100101 01011101 01010001 11111101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 100001001 01001101 01001001 01010101 11000101 11010010 11111101 11011101 01111101 01110011 11010001 01010101 11010101 01010010 11010101 10010101 01011101 11000101 10010101 00110110 10110101 01010101 10010011 110010001 10110101 01010101 01010011 01010011 01010101 110010001 10110111 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , it, what, the, or, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word 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 is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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