This is an analysis of the poem Den Tolvaars Jesus that begins with:

Ungdom og Viisdom, de fulgdes ad
Engang, da Vorherre var lille,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc XXdX XXcX XcXX eXeX XfXX faXX dXcX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX adaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101 1011011 10011101 11111001 1111111 1101111 11111011 11110100 10101111 11011111 10011111 1001111 101110100 11101 111101111 110110010 10111101 1101110 111111101 1101111 10011111 1111110 11111101 1111011 10011100 110111 1101111 1011 10011111 110110 101111111 11011010 101101111 1101111 11111111 10111011 1011101 0111001 11001101 111111 111101110 1001101 101101100 111110 10111111 100011110 1111011111 111101 10111111 1101111 101001111 111101 111101111 1111001 101110 1101110 1111111 11011011 10111101 11011000 111101111 11001100 101101101 111111 10110111 11001001 100111101 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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