This is an analysis of the poem Ossians Svanesang that begins with:

Den gamle Eeg ud over Elven luder,
I mosbehængte Grene Stormen tuder;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXXXb XXXXXX XXXcddXX XXXXXX XXbbcXXXXX XXXXeXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXeXXX XXXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,8,6,10,12,12,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 11011010 11111110 1101011010 110111111 11101011 110111010 111100110110 1111011111 111110011 1101111 1101111 111101111 111100101 10101111111 1111110001 11101111 110101110 1101011101 11011111 11001111 110110110 110010100 0101101 11011100010 1101011010 11011101100 10110000100 1101011101 01110101 1111101110 1110101110 1101011110 1111010101 110110101 11111111 111111010 1101011001 110101101 11000111 1101101111 1111110110 111110100 1111100111 110111110 1111011011 11111101 1111011101 1011011110 11111101 110110101 1011101110 110011011 11101011 110110111 11111101 11111110 011101110 111101111 110101111 11011101 11110101 11110101 110011001 101001111 111010111 1101001101 110111101 0101011100 1101001100 110110111 11101110 1111111110 11101111 11011101101 11011111 1001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; som, ej, du are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words kom, ej are repeated.

    The author used the same word men 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 re, mper, lger are repeated).

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