This is an analysis of the poem Thomas that begins with:

O hør det Thomas og troe det dog,
Det Vidnesbyrd, alle vi bære,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXBBX cXcXXaXd XXaXXXXX XXXXXXeX XXXXXXXX eXXXdXXX XXXXXXXX eXXXXXXX XXXXXBBe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111 1100111 111101011 10001011 111 1111 1110 110111 110111100 1101010 01011101 1111100 111 111111 1111 1101110 1111111 1111110 1101011110111 1001101100 1111 111 1111 1111010 110001111 111101 110111100 1101010 1111 1111 1011 10001110 11000111 1111010 111100100 11011001 1111 1011 111 11001011 111101101 1110111 1111101 11011011 110 1101 1101 11111 11111111 1000111 101101011 1101010 1101 1101 1101 1111011 110101101 1101111 011101001 1100011 111 111 1111 1001111 10101101 1100111 110101111 1111101 111 1111 1110 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • 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, de, dt are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words trods, om, mens are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dt is repeated).

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  • summary of Thomas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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