This is an analysis of the poem Thorgerda that begins with:
LO, what a golden day it is!
The glad sun rives the sapphire deeps ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb cdcd eXef gegX ahbh fgfg fifi eiei bbbb cjcj kjkj ilil efef bfbf gfXf gkgk aaaa iaiX amam eceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010100 011101001 10011101 11011101 101100111 10010111 110100101 11100111 00110111 11011101 01110111 11110011 11010101 01110111 11110111 10010100 11110111 11010101 11100101 10011111 01001101 11010111 10011001 11011001 10111101 10111101 11011101 11100101 11111101 10110101 11011111 11100101 11010111 11010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 101110101 11110001 11110001 01110001 10010111 11010111 11111111 10111101 0101001 01110101 11010111 11111101 01011101 11000111 11110111 11110101 11000101 01001101 10110111 01110101 011101101 11100100 11110101 10111101 100101001 10001111 10110001 11110101 0101110 1001011 01010111 10111101 10110001 01001101 11010100 11110101 111101010 01001111 100100010 01110101 110010111 10010101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his, that, cold, i, or, never, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, never, and are repeated.
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- summary of Thorgerda;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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