This is an analysis of the poem Moses Og Pharao that begins with:

Kong Pharao var en ugudelig Krop,
Han sagde: det varer for længe...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXaXXXXX aXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111011 1111101 111011 1111101101 11111001111 111111 1111111 1111010011 1111111 11011011011 11110111 11011111011 111101111 11011111 11011011 110101111 1111110 11111011011 11111110 1101111101 111111 11110110 1111110 11011011011 11111111 1001001111 1110110 1110101110 1101111001 1101101 110101 1111011001 111110 111111101 1110010 10011110 111001011 1101101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, hun are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ie is repeated).

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