This is an analysis of the poem Velkommen Igien, Guds Engle Smaa that begins with:
Velkommen igien, Guds Engle smaa,
Fra høie Himmel-Sale,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXX XbcbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XdXdcX bXXXbX cXcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101101 11101 1101011 11011 11011111 111111 1101111 111101 111111 101111 1101111010 110111 110111110 110010 11011111 110111 010111101 101101 1101100 110111 110011111 110111 11011111 110111 11011101 1011100 01111101 111110 1101111 1101100 11011101 1110110 1101110 1111010 110111101 111010 11110111 11011 11010111 111100 11011011 110111 1111111 11110 11111101 111100 110110111 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; ei, i, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words da, vor are repeated.
The author used the same word da at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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