This is an analysis of the poem Jesus, Moses Og Elias that begins with:

Jesus, Moses og Elias,
I Sky-Telten soleklar,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXbXcXbX XXXXXXdXX AeaeXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX afXfXXXXX XeXeXXXXX XXXXbbeXX XgXgbbXXX XXXXXXXXX AeXXcXXeX XeXXeeXaX gXXeXXeXX XXXXXXXXX bXbeXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110100 111110 111101 111101 11111111 1011101 101111 11111 1110101 111101 1111001 111111 1111110 10101010 11100 1011100 10111 10101010 101011 10001010 1110001 1110110 111010 111111 111111 00111 10101110 1111101 1100110 111111 111101 1110111 1010111 11111 10111 111111 111111 101011 1011110 1011110 11111010 101111 111101 10111 10001010 101011 1100110 100111 1111101 1111101 101011 1010011 10111 1111110 111111 1111110 1010101 1111101 1001101 1011101 101111 11111 11111 1110101 1011101 111111 1011101 1111101 1111101 111101 10111 10101010 1111110 10101010 1010110 1011101 1111101 1110111 111101 10111 1010111 1111101 1111101 111011 101111 1111101 11111 1000110 10111 10101010 0110101 110010 1011101 1011111 1010111 1111111 1010111 10111 111101 1000111 10111 101101 1111111 1011101 1110111 111010 10111 11111010 101011 11111010 1011101 1111101 0111110 11111 1111101 10111 1001110 1110111 11111 1011110 1001101 111101 111011 100111 10111 1011101 1011010 1110101 110111 11101110 11111010 1110111 11101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 145
  • 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; d is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words aldrig, lidt are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same words re, giemme at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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