This is an analysis of the poem Ordet Var Fra Arilds-Tid that begins with:
Ordet var fra Arilds-Tid,
Var og er og bliver,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaX XbXXaaX XXXXccX ddXXdXX XXdXXdX XXbXeXX cXcXccX bXXXeXX XXdXccX XXdXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 110110 1111111 101100 1011101 1011101 101110 1010101 10111 101101 11110 101111 101111 101110 1010101 11011 111101 1111 101111 1011101 101110 1111111 11101 1011101 10101 101111 1011111 101110 1011101 10111 1010111 11110 101111 1011101 101110 1111101 1111 1111101 10111 1010111 1011101 101110 1111101 111 1110111 1111 101111 101111 101110 1111001 111110 101101 101110 1011111 1011101 101110 1011101 101110 101111 10110 1011101 111011 111010 1110111 11101 1110101 11001 111011 1110101 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; og, ordet, som, af, guds are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ordet, det, af, hvor are repeated.
The author used the same word af at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word lyder at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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