This is an analysis of the poem The Story Of Sigurd The Volsung (Excerpt) that begins with:
But therewith the sun rose upward and lightened all the earth,
And the light flashed up to the heavens from the rims of the glorious girth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccddbbeX fFccbbccfX ggbbeehhccggbbfX aaiXjjfX iikkbbcciikXffffll kkbbggdd ccbbffjj mmhhffff iiXXbb fXjj bbhX aaeX fF aacX jjbbffaaccnncoiimmhhccooppXchhmmcckX llaammkkdd qqffjjbbccbbjXfX cXbbbblljX lljX ffXppbbiijj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,16,8,18,8,8,8,6,4,4,4,2,4,36,10,16,10,4,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001110110101 101110010001001001 111010101010110 11001010110111 1011111111100101 11001111011011001 1101001110101 1110101001011111 111101111100101 11111101110111 111101001001011 10110101010111110 1111010101111001 11110101110111 1101001010100101 101010011010001 1111110111010111 111010011100101 1100101110101101 0111101011110101 11111101100111 111011111000100100 11101111011100101 1011001100111101 111101001011111111 111011011101010010 1010111011101011011 11101110101001111 1011110011010111 111111010111111101 1100101110100101 11111101101011111 11110111011110111 111101110111110001 11110101101101111 11001001000100101 101111001110101 1011101100110111 101111100101101101 10101111110101 11011101011101011 001110010111101001 101111001111100 0111100010111 111011101110101 11101101010100101 1110010101010111 10100110100010101 11011111010111 10101010111101 11111101010111 1111100111010001 11001000101010101 11001011010100101 111111111111 1010110101010101 111111110101100 110011101110110 110101110101101 1100100101101001 1110010101011101 011010111010101 10111101111101101 111001111110111111 11110011011101 110111011101001 01101001101101101 111010010101001011 101001111010110111 10100101000100101 1011011101010101 0010100101010101 11110110010001 1100101100100101 111010010110111 101011101010001 1101111110010010 1100101101010011110 101101101001001110 1010110101010111 10100101111011101 111001011011100101 1110110111111111 1100111010111101 111011110101011111 01101011101101111 110110110111101 111001110101011101 1011001010111101011 10111011111001101 1111101110111001 1100010101010011 11011001011001111 110111011101001 101101101011101001 1110110101111010 1110110101111111 111011011111101 10101101011111001 110111111011111101 1110011101010111 1111100011110 101100101001101011 11101110101111101 11111101111111 001011001011111110 110101101111001 11110101110111 11010101001101 111010111010001 11110101111000 11101101011111110 11101110110111 11001110010001 1111010101111111 111001010010101 111001001110100010 1110011101101010 111001111101110001 11100100110110111 1110010101100111 1010101010111011 1010101010111001 101110001101110011 1111111010100110 1111100101101101 10101001010101111 11111101010100111 111001111011100111 1111110101010101 111111101111111 111111101010101 1111110101110100 001101001010111001 1100101111001011 11001001011001011 111100010111010010 11011011011010010 11111110111101 11010101110101 010010011011111 00101111011101001 111100101100111 1011010101110111 10101101111100111 111110011111101 111111101011111 10101101010110010 11101010110111 110110100110111 11111010010011 11010101010001 101011101011100 101110101010101 101111010111101 01101101001101101 0101110011111 010011011010101 1101001010100101 101110001010101100 1110100100100101 1111100110110101 1111110110110101 0010010101011101 110110101011111 111110001110101 111111010110101 11111101101001 01010101010101 110111100111101 01010101011101 1111111011111110 10111100110100101010 1110101000100010 1011110011010010001 1011010010101010100 00111010100101 10110101010101011 0101010111111 1111010111101 11011010110111 1011100101011101 011110101011101 1011110010111010 111101010110111 101111101010101 11011101111111 0010101010111010 111011010110101 11110101110111 1011101010101010 111011111101110 1010010011100101 101111011011111 1100101110101101 11111001111101101 11101010110111 1111010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
- Average number of words per stanza: 126
- Amount of lines: 198
- Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy, of, i, that, they, thine, be, thou, in, him, heart, deeds, his, hast, their, on, to, told, she, might, how, her, wise, so, there, by, no, sigurd, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, wilt, the, yet, there are repeated.
The author used the same words then, so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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