This is an analysis of the poem Luther I Worms that begins with:

Jeg var en Munk i Sachsenland,
Hvor Malmen groer i Fjelde,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXbb XaXX cXXX dXdX cdcd cXcX XXad XXXX XXXX XeXe XXXX XdfX dXdX afaf XXXX XXXX XXXX gXgX XXXX aXaX XXXX
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111100 1101011 11111101 111101 1111111 110111 11110101 1111101 111111100 111111 1011111 111101 11011001 11111 11011101 11101 11101111 110110 11011101 11111 1111001 1111110 11101111 1101110 1111111 11111 1100011 111111 11000111 1101110 1111101 1101010 1110110 111111 10010110 111101 11110100 11111 1111111101 111000 11110101 01101 10011101 110101 11111100 110100 10111101 1111010 1111100 1111110 1111111 1101010 10011111 1111110 1111111 011110 11011011 111111 111111 11111 01011010 11111 11001111 110100 1101011 01111 11011111 101101 1101101 011110 1111011 11010 11000101 1111 11011111 110111 11110110 101111 11110001 110101 1111111 11111 11011101 110101 1110111 1111110 1111111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; de, i, jeg are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word og is repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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