This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Woden that begins with:
God of the battle, hear our prayer!
By the lifted falchion's glare;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbccddeeffAagghhiiccddaajjXakkffXaccggffaaffccjjccddjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 1010101 1011101 10100101 101101 11010101 1011001 0100101 1010101 110010101 11101001 00101001 10010111 1111101 1110101 01101101 0010101 010010001 1010011 1100101 11111001 11010001 11010101 01110011 1011101 1111101 1010011 11110101 10011001 1010111 11001101 1111101 1110101 1010101 10100110 11101001 11010101 1001101 1110101 1101001001 1010101 10101001 1010101 1010101 11011101 1010101 1010111 110010101 1010101 1110111 1111101 1010101 1010111 1001101 110010111 1010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1845
- Average number of words per stanza: 320
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; their is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, from, louder, now are repeated.
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