This is an analysis of the poem Of The Wooing Of Halbiorn The Strong that begins with:
A STORY FROM THE LAND-SETTLING BOOK OF ICELAND, CHAPTER XXX.
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- Rhyme scheme: X aBaBbbcccdeeeedddcffbbgghhaaiijjkkllmmaabbaaiiffnncciXooeecBdB fBfBhhggjpcdnjaaaahhhhXecBcB gBgBaXeedcjjcdeenBnB gBXBaaiinnqghhcdgqhhbbaaccaajjggppbbhXgqcdaaXdccaaiiccaannccppaaiiXcfBfB iBiBXjiiaaXgppiinngqiikkhhggbbiiggiipBXB kBkBaaiiggffmXaabbbbjpgga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,62,28,20,72,40,40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100011001010101 110100101 11011011001 11010101 11001001001 1110111 111010101 11010111 01011111 01011101 101010110 11011111 11011101 1111001 110110101 111111110 111111010 11010110 010100111 11011101 0110101101 111100101 111110111 11110101 111110101 1100111111 11110101 110101101 1110011101 10110111 111011100 11010101 010111111 11100101 11110111 110111101 101110111 11010111 01010101 110110100 1011110101 1011100 101011001 1010101 1011101 01010111 101110101 01000111 11011001 11111101 01010101 10010111 11111111 11101111 11111111 10111111 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11011011001 11011100 11001001001 10110101 11011011001 101101001 11001001001 11100001 110100101 11101101 11110101 001000100 01010111 11010111 10010110 10111101 101010111 01110101 110011111 11010101 11110101 11101001 101010111 10110101 01110100111 1110110 10101101011 11111101 11011011001 11110101 11001001001 1101011001 11011011001 110101001 11001001001 11110101 111010100 110110111 11111101 10011100 111010111 11100111 110100101 101110111 110010110 11110101 11100101 110101111 11011011001 110011101 11001001001 01110101 11011011001 100101000 11001001001 11011101 11011001 11111101 11111001 100111011 11011111 11100110 11111101 101110001 1010101101 11111011 111010110 11011110 110100110 11010011 010010101 1100001001 11110101 11110111 111100101 10111101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11100101 110000101 111100101 1010100101 01110101 110110101 010111001 11010101 01011001 111110100 01110101 111011100 01010001 101011110 001010111 110110111 110011111 01100110 01110101 11011111 11010101 111101101 11010101 11101111 11010101 11111101 111100111 0011101101 101110001 10101001101 11111101 11011101 11110001 11010101 010011101 01010101 010110101 11010111 11111011 1010100101 010110111 11011011001 11010111 11001001001 11011111 11011011001 110010101 11001001001 111110100 111111101 11011101 111111101 1011101 100100111 110100110 101010101 101100101 11100101 10011101 110100101 10111011 001001101 01110111 110110100 1010111 11111101 11010101 11011111 11010101 11011001 110010101 11011101 110111001 0010110111 100000111 11110101 11011111 11110101 110011101 10010111 11110101 11011011001 1110010101 11001001001 111011101 11011011001 1111100101 11001001001 11010111 110010101 101000100 11010101 010100111 11010101 11110101 101010101 11110111 111111110 01111101 110011101 010100101 110100101 11111111 111011111 11011100 11011111 11010101 01010101 1100100101 10101111001 01110101 01011111 010100111 11011110 11110101 11010101 01110101 11010101 111011101 11110101 101110111 11011011001 01010111 11001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1424
- Average number of words per stanza: 275
- Amount of lines: 264
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, and, we, song, summer, whitewater, to, her, s, of, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, hallgerd, he, she, o, the, quoth are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word vain 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 come connects the lines.
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