This is an analysis of the poem Engle-Herolder, Hør Du Dem that begins with:

Engle-Herolder, hør du dem!
Kongen er født i Bethlehem!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXXXbXXXA XXXaccXXXA XXccXXXbXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100101 10011101 10111100 1111110 10111101 10110111 111101 111101 10100101 10011101 1010111 10100011 1111110 10011011 1110111 10011101 1011100 1001111 10100101 10011101 1111101 10011101 1011111 10110111 11011101 01111111 1111110 1111111 10100101 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines d, n are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word bethlehem at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Engle-Herolder, Hør Du Dem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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