This is an analysis of the poem Et Barn Er Født I Bethlehem that begins with:
Et Barn er født i Bethlehem,
Bethlehem,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbXX aaXX ccXX XXXX XXXX XXdX XXXX eeXX dddX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11011101 101 1110100 10001000 11010111 111 111011 10001000 1101111 11 11011110 10001000 111101 101 111101 10001000 10001111 111 10111101 10001000 11111111 111 11111111 10001000 1111110 110 1111101 10001000 1110100 100 111111 10001000 1101111 11 1110110 10001000 1110110 110 11010111 10001000 11111101 101 11011101 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; n, d, vi are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bethlehem, n, rum, der, d, lig, paany, lyseblaa, brat, de, tid are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word halleluja at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases bethlehem, lyseblaa connect the lines.
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