This is an analysis of the poem Ezechiel that begins with:
Der var en gammel Præste-Søn,
I Babels gyldne Dage,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXX aXaXbXX XXaCDXX XXeXXXX XXXXaaa XXXXXeX XXXXddX XXXXXXX bXXXaXX XXXXaaX XXaCDXX XXeXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX XaXaXXX XXXXXbX XXXXXXX XXbXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 11011 11011101 111111 11100011 11011101 11011 11011101 11111 1110110 1101 11111101 111111 001100 11111101 110100 11110101 011111 111111 11010111 110100 1111111 11111 1101001 110111 111111 1111101 100110 1111111 011011 1101101 1111 111010 1111101 11011 11111101 001111 11011111 01010 11011101 11111111 11110 1111100 101100 1101111 110111 11010111 11011101 111001 11101101 111110 11101101 110111 1101011 1111100 110111 111011 11111 11110111 111111 11111111 11110111 11011111 1011100 110111 110111 011110 1101111 0111110 1011010 11111101 110100 11110101 011111 111111 11011101 110100 1111111 11111 11111101 101111 1111001 11111101 110001 11011101 111110 11011100 101110 1111101 1111100 11010 1111111111 111001 11111 1111110 1111101 1111110 10111111 1000110 1111101 111110 1101111 11011110 111110 11010001 11011 11111100 1111 11011111 11110111 1111010 11111101 10111 10110100 111110 1110100 11011101 101100 1101110 11101 111011 11011 1111111 11011101 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 134
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; og, jeg, for, paa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hans, da are repeated.
The author used the same word da 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 st, n, rk are repeated).
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- summary of Ezechiel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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