This is an analysis of the poem Polykarp that begins with:
Der var en gammel Hyrde
For Herrens Folke-Hjord,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXbX XXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 111101 11011 1111010 10001 111111 11111 1100110 1111 111110 11011 11111 110100 1101100 111101 1101100 11101 111110 110111 110111 110111 111110 111111 111110 11011 11011 11011 1101110 11111 11011 1111 1101010 11001 11111 110001 1101 11111 100110 1110 111110 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hans, som, han are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hans, han, ham are repeated.
The author used the same words hans, han at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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