This is an analysis of the poem Præsten Sakarias that begins with:

I det andet Tempels Dage,
Efter Serubabels Tid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010001 1010110 111100 111010 110100 1101001 110100 111101 1110111 1010111 10111 101101 1101101 101011 1011101 1101110 11111 1111110 1010100 111100 1110100 111110 11100 1111100 1111000 1111010 101101 1110111 11111 1010101 11100 111111 111101 1010111 111010 1011101 1111110 1011111 1011101 1111111 101111 1010110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Præsten Sakarias;
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