This is an analysis of the poem Josefs Ophøielse that begins with:
Kong Pharao vaagned en Morgenstund,
Da var han saa ilde tilmode,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XXXb XXaX XXcX XXdX XXXX beXe XXbb XfXX XXXX bXXX dXdX XXXX XfXX XXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101100 1111110 11111001 11011111 1111011 1111111 1101111 110101 111101110 11011011 11101101 111111110 110011100 11111010 1111101 1111011 1111111 1100111 11101100 1111110 11111110 1110011 111101101 11010111 11111001 1101111 11101111 1111011 110101101 11110010 11011111 110110110 11111101 0111110 10111101 11001100 110101111 111111 111101001 11011 1110111 11111010 11111101 111111 110111101 111111 011011 1111111 11101110 110111 11011011 1111101 0111101 1011111 101101001 1111111 0111111 011111 111101110 11010011 11111101 1111011 11011100 11011011 101011001 111110 11110111 111101 11011111 1111010 1110111 110011 111101111 1111111 110100011 01011001 10111111001111 0110111 11111100 11011011 111101101 1111110 11111111 11011011 11011111 1001110 100111111 1111101 1111110 1101111 110001100 11010011 11010111 11111011 110101101 11011000
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; det is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word din is repeated.
The author used the same word da at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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