This is an analysis of the poem Sara Var Død, I Sin Eenlighed that begins with:

Sara var død, i sin Eenlighed
Sad Abraham stille tilbage,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXaXX bXbXX XXccX dXdXX XcXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX eXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XfXfX XXXXX eXXXX bXXXX XcXcX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXgXX XXXXX bXXXX XXgXX hehXX XXXXX aXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111100 1101110 111111101 111111 1101010110 10111011 111010110 11100111 110110110 1101010110 10111101 10111011 11110111 11011110 1101010110 1011111 11010011 1001011 1100101 1101010110 101111011 1001111 100101101 1111101 1101010110 101101101 11011111 10111101 1101101 1101010110 11111101 1101010 1111111 11011111 1101010110 11111101 10010100 111110 11011100 1101010110 1111111 1101010 10110111 11011111 1101010110 101101111 11111110 1111111 1001110 1101010110 10111111 10111110 11111101 110110110 1101010110 1111111 111111 11111101 110111 1101010110 10111001 11110010 111001100 11111110 1101010110 10110101 0111011 100111111 11011011 1101010110 10111101 1110101 1011111 11010011 1101010110 10100111 1101011 1010110 111101 1101010110 111111 1101101 11110111 1011101 1101010110 101101101 10010110 1111111 11100010 1101010110 10101101 01011101 10010100 11101001 1101010110 101101101 1111110 11110111 111110 1101010110 10111101 111110 10110111 11011111 1101010110 111001011 11011010 11101101 111101 1101010110 1111111 11011110 11111101 11011111 1101010110 101101101 111010110 1110101 10111001 1101010110 101111101 1101110 111101101 101101 1101010110 101101101 11011111 11110101 111111 1101010110 1111101 110110010 11111101 11110110 1101010110 1010110 101111 101111111 1100101 101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 163
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; til, i, med, n are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, og are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word huset at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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