This is an analysis of the poem Simeon that begins with:
Simeon tog Guds lille Søn,
Vugged ham paa sine Arme,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXX bXbXXXX aXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 101111 111110 111001 1110111 11111100 1001111 1001011 111010 01111001 111111 1101100 1001101 10010110 1001111 1111010 111101 01010100 10011111 10111101 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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