This is an analysis of the poem Der Var Paa Jord En Guds Engel Saa Fiin that begins with:

Der var paa Jord en Guds Engel saa fiin,
Som Lynet vor Herres Forløber,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXB XXaX XXXX XcdX XacX XXXX XXXe XXaX XXaf agXg aXXX dXXX XXaX cXaX aXXX XXfX aXXa XXfX hXXX XeXX XXhX XbXX XXXe XXgX XXXX XXXX XXhXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111011 11011010 111111110 11101011 101110 1111111111 11011001 1111111111 1111111 111101011 1111111 1110111001 1101010 1111101011 111101 10011111 1111001 1011011010 11110110 100101100 1111010 1010111011 11111000 1100011001 110011100 101101111 11111110 1001011011 10101110 10010111 1100101 111101101 11110011 1011011001 1101110 111101101 11111001 10111100 101101 101101101 1001101 1010101 1100101 1101011011 1111011 1011111111 101100100 1111011111 11111010 110101111 111110 1011011001 110010100 10011101 11010011 1101111111 110111 1001110001 10011110 1010011010 11011100 11101101 10011101 101111001 11101111 100111111 1110110 101011000 111010110 101011001 110111010 111101011 111010100 1011001010 11111010 100111011 10011111 111101101 110101110 1011011111 1111110 101111010 1011101 111001111 1111001 11000101 110110010 101011001 111111000 1111101101 11011010 1011011011 111100010 1111011010 110111110 111111101 11110110 1101011010 11011001 111001011 1100101 111111011 111011100 101110001 1111110 1111011010 1001101 100111111 1111001 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 127
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; som, og, nu, i, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nu is repeated.

    The author used the same words da, atter, der at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nu connects the lines.

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