This is an analysis of the poem Engelen Som Lynet that begins with:
Engelen som Lynet,
Frygtelig for Synet,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110 100110 1111 11111 1101 11101 1101 10101 10110 10110 1111 1011 1100 1011 10101 11111 1011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; de, han are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, mde, n are repeated).
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