This is an analysis of the poem Hedenskabets Galilæer that begins with:
Hedenskabets Galilæer,
Sabulon og Naphtali!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabXX XbXbXXX XXXXccX XXbXXXX dXXXXXX XXXebXX XXXdXXX XbdXXXX XXXebXX bXbbcXX XXXXXaX bXXbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000100 1001100 110101 110011 1011101 11111 10101 1011111 110111 11111 101111 111111 1011101 10101 111110 111111 1111101 101110 111111 1010101 10101 1110110 1011101 111111 101011 111111 1011110 10101 1011101 1110111 101111 1000101 1100100 101011 10101 110011 1101101 1110110 1011101 111111 1011100 10101 1111101 11111 11111 111100 1111110 111110 10101 1111110 11111 110101 1110101 111101 1110110 10101 101101 1001101 1110101 110101 110111 101100 10101 1011011 111101 1111101 101111 111111 11111 10101 1110110 111101 11111 101011 101111 110001 10101 1111101 11111 101101 1111101 1110101 111111 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; er, og, i, ei are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word saa is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines g is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word alle at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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