This is an analysis of the poem Verden Er, Som Man Den Tager that begins with:

Verden er, som Man den tager,
Herlig stor og saare fager,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX XXXbbc XXXXXX XXXXXa XXdXXd XXXeeX XXbaaX XXXaac XXbXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXfdXX fXXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110 1011110 1111101 11101010 1111110 1111101 1010110 10101010 101111 111101 101101 1011111 11101110 10111010 1011101 1111111 1111111 110011 1010011 111001 101111 11101010 11101110 1110110 10101011 1111111 111101 1111010 1111010 1100101 11111 110110 1011101 111101 1111101 101111 1111101 101101 0110101 10011110 1111110 111101 101100 1110011 1111101 1101110 11011010 1110111 11001100 10110010 101011 1111111 111101 101011 10111010 111011100 1011101 11001100 10101000 1010101 1111111 1001101 1111111 111101 1011011 110011 111101 101100 101111 101011 11111 111011 10111001 1110010 1110111 1110011 111111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • 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:

    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; og is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word see is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nge, er, ser are repeated).

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