This is an analysis of the poem Jakob Og Hans Tolv Sønner that begins with:
Gud naade mig stakkels gamle Mand!
Jeg fostred mig Sønner fuldmange,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX cXcXX XXXXX XaXaX XXXXX XXXbX aXXXX XXXXX aXcXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 1101110 110111101 1011011 110110111 110101101 111111 111101101 100111 110110111 1101101111 11111111 111101100 111101 110110111 11011011 1111111 1101101011 11011111 110110111 11010111 1001011 1010101110 1101100 110110111 1101101101 1101111 110111101 11011101 110110111 1111111 1100111 110111001 111110 110110111 111111100 11001011 110011101 111011 110110111 11011111 100101 1100111111 1001001 110110111 1101111 1111001 1101101111 11111 110110111 11011111 11011011 1111101110 111111 110110111 110101101 11111111 11111111 11111011 110110111 11111101 10101110 11011101 1101010 110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; d, med, han, jeg are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words men, nu, han are repeated.
The author used the same words han, nu at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word om at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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