This is an analysis of the poem Høvedsmanden I Kapernaum that begins with:
Om en Hedning vil vi sjunge,
Afgudsdyrker var han ei,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXaX bcXX XXXX XdXd XXXc XXXX XbXb XcXX XXXX dcdc XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1000111 111111 1111101 10011110 100111 111111 1110101 1100111 1110111 111111 111110 111110 11111010 111111 11011 1011100 1101101 101111 1111110 111111 101100 111111 1110110 111111 11011 1110100 1111111 001101 110111 11100 1011111 101110 1111010 1111101 111100 111100 1110011 101111 1001110 101111 100111 111111 101101 1110101 10101110 10111111 10101110 1100101 10011110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Høvedsmanden I Kapernaum;
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- idea of the verse;
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