This is an analysis of the poem Ebræernes Udgang Af Ægypten that begins with:

Ægypten var plaget saa saare,
Men Pharao trodsed endnu,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXXb XXXb cXXX XXaX XXXX XcXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXaX
  • 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: 1011011 1101010 111001 1111001 1101101 1101111 111101 1110111 1111101 1111111 10111 1101001 1011011 11111101 110111 11101001 1111110 1011001 1011110 11001011 1001101 11011101 1101101 11001011 110011010 1101100 11001100 1101101 101111 1111111 111110 100111 111101 10111 1101100 11011011 11111011 11011111 1101111 1111111 1111011 1110011 11011011 111101 1111111 11011011 1111111110 1111111 1111110 100111 1001111111 1111011 101110 11111010 11101100 111111 1101011 1111101 11111101 1000001 11111111 0111001 101101 100101 111011 1101010 11011101 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; til, med are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, da, han are repeated.

    The author used the same word da 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 de connects the lines.

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  • summary of Ebræernes Udgang Af Ægypten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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