This is an analysis of the poem Søndag Er Vorherres Dag that begins with:
Søndag er Vorherres Dag,
Ei, som Daarer mene,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXXXXc XXXXbbbbb XXXXXXXXX XXdXccXXX XXdXXdXXX XXXXdXXXX aXaXXXXXX aXaXeXXXX abXbXeXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001 11101 1010001 01101 1111001 010111 11101010 11101010 11111 111101 1011 110100110 11101 111101 101111 10111010 10111110 1010100 11101111 10111 111111 1100 111101 1010111 110101 111101 111111 1110111 11101 101111 10111 11111 111111 1110111 1111110 1110111 1111101 11111 1110101 10001 111011 1111101 10101010 10101000 11111 101111 11110 1011101 10111 111111 1111111 10111010 11111110 110010 111101 1001 111011 11111 1110101 1111111 1111010 11111110 11011 10111 1111 111101 10010 101111 100111 1100111 11111010 111011 1011001 1101 10111 11101 1111111 1111110 11111010 1111110 100011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 83
- 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; det, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lys, over, da, for are repeated.
The author used the same word derfor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de is repeated).
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