This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem! that begins with:
Ved en Verdensstad jeg stødte fra,
ved en Verdensstad jeg atter lander;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXX XXX XXX XaaX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111 1110011010 1110011110 10101100 10111011 1111110 11101111 1011011 111000111 11011101 100110011 11101101 1110111 10101100 1011101010 111101010 111001000 1110011010 1110011110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; jeg is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ved is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word n at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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