This is an analysis of the poem Evangelium [i En Stald Mellem Oxer Og Kvæghorder] that begins with:

I en Stald mellem Oxer og Kvæghorder
kom Kristus til Verden....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX aXbXXX XaXXXXXXX XXXX cXXXXXXXX XXXXXbXXbcXXX XXXXbbXaXX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,9,4,9,13,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010110 110110 11100100110 01111101001 10110100 110011000010011 111110001000 111011 1101011110 1011110 11111110 101000 1101111 10100 11101110 110111 011110010110 1100011 111111110000 11110010 111101011110 1110001011001000 11111000111110 110110110 110000101111 111111011 110110101 1010 11001101100 1010111011111100 1111111111 1111111 111111110 101101111101 111111 1101 111110 111011 111011101 1111101011010 101100 1101101000100 0101001011 11101110111 111101110 11110111000 1110101100111010 11111011101111 110 111110111001000 111 11111011011 1111101001100 111111110001 110010101110 1110011111101 111011 111101111110 1111011 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, og, med, han, ham, den are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines verden, ham are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Evangelium [i En Stald Mellem Oxer Og Kvæghorder];
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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