This is an analysis of the poem Judas Iscariothes that begins with:
Skulde jeg slig Konning ære?
Ney, jeg er ey længer ung....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XcdX eXXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX edXfXX XXXXX eXXXX XXXXX FXXXX XXXXX FXXXX XeXX XXg FXg XXX FXX XXe FXX XXX FXXX XcXcd XXgXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,5,4,4,4,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110111 110111 11001 11100 11111 111010 11111 10111110 1011111 10111110 10111111 10 10010 101010110 1011011 11110110 1010111 100 1111111 1111111 1011110 111011111 1111111 11101011 11111 101110 111011 1010111 111110 1011101 1110111 1011111 1111110 110111 10 1110 1010111 111011 10101010 101101 100 110110 1011101 1111010 111011 10 110111 101001 1110110 111111 100 111111 1011010 11111 101111 0110 11111010 1110100 11011110 1110110 100 110110 1011101 1111010 111011 0110 10111010 100111 10101100 111100 10111010 011010 11100110 110100 100 111011 111101 0110 100011 101011 100 111101010 11110111 0110 111000 101011 100 1010110 111111 0110 10011010 11111 100 11111010 1010111 0110 11000 1010101 111001 100 101011 10111 101101 10101010 1111011 11111101 11111111 1010111 10111011 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, hvad, ord, s, n, mig, har, vee, du, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hvad, vee, ham, stormen, ha are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word d 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 dybet connects the lines.
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