This is an analysis of the poem Samson that begins with:
Der var en Kæmpe over Kæmper alle,
Den stærke Samson monne de ham kalde,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXA XXXXbXXXA XXXaXaXXA XXXcXcXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXXXaXXA XXXXXXXXA XXbdXdXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXXXXXXA XXXaXXXXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 11101011 1111100 1111 111101 110100 111111 1111011 11 110111111 1110101000 111100 11110 11101 111111 111111 1111011 11 1111001100 11011010100 11110 11101 11111 111111 111111 1111011 11 11111011 110101101 01110 110011 101111 101111 111111 1111011 11 11111011 110101101 001100 110110 111110 111101 111111 1111011 11 1101011110 1111101010 1110010 11110 111110 111101 111111 1111011 11 110101000 1101111001 1111 1111100 111110 111011 111111 1111011 11 11111011 11101011 111111 11111 110111 10010 111111 1111011 11 11111011 110101101 1111110 101101 11101 11111 111111 1111011 11 1111110111 1101111101 1111 1111 110101 11100 111111 1111011 11 110101110 11011001010 110101 011111 101011 11011 111111 1111011 11 11111011 110101101 110111 10000 0111 11110 111111 1111011 11 111001111 1111110111 11011010 1101 1101110 1111 111111 1111011 11 11111011 11101111 101111 10101 11111 11111 111111 1111011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 135
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; k, fagre, ord, i, han, var are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fagre, saa, han are repeated.
The author used the same words o, da 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 ie is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ord at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Samson;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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