This is an analysis of the poem Alting Paa Jorden Er Kun Fjas that begins with:

Alting paa Jorden er kun Fjas,
vis Kong Salomon os fortæller....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXb XXcXbX XXXXbX XXXXXc XXXXXX dadXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011 11100110 1011110 111001110 101101100 111111 1111110 11111110 10110101 110111110 101100101 10110100 10111101 11111010 101011 1011111 11100111 111100 1111111 1111000 1010111 100101010 11110111 10011101 111101 101101 11010111 111111 11110011 101100110 11100111 1011110 1111101 101101100 101100100 111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words daarlighed, tant at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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