This is an analysis of the poem Bethlehem I Juda-Egne that begins with:
Bethlehem i Juda-Egne!
Vær nu stolt og sjæleglad!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 111110 1010110 1100101 111011 111011 111011 1001101 101011 1010101 111101 10101010 111011 11111010 101101 1110110 11111010 1111101 101100 110101 101011 1011101 1010011 101111 1010111 101101 1111101 1010111 11111 11111 1111101 110010 101111 111111 111111 111111 11111 1010111 1011110 11111 1110111 1010111 101101 1111001 10101110 1110101 1111110 101111 10111010 10101110 1011101 1011111 1011001 1010101 1011101 10101110 1011101 1011010 111011 10111110 1111010 1010110 1111111 110111 1010101 1111001 101110 111101 1111110 1110111 11101110 11101110 1111111 11111 1110101 111111 1111001 1100110 011111 11101100 1011101 11001010 11110 110111 11111 11011 101011 1000101 10111110 1011011 11110100 111111 1011001 101111 100111 101111 11111 100101 1111001 10101110 111101 1111110 100101 1110110 11111100 0111111 1110111 1011101 1010101 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 115
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; i, os, r, og are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word held is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines r, det, mme are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word r 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 st connects the lines.
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