This is an analysis of the poem Giv Os Barabas Fri! that begins with:

Der var sikret Guden Plads
i Pilatus' Amnesti -...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX X XXaX XXXX X aXXX X XXXb XX XXXX X XXXX XXXX X XXXX X XXXX ccXa XbXX XX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,1,4,1,4,2,4,1,4,4,1,4,1,4,4,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1100100 111111 111100 1011001001 110110 1110111 1100010 111100 101111 0110100 1111100 111111 1110010 11111010 1011000 11110 101100 1001001000 100100 111100 1111001 1111 100100 111001 11110010 111110 1110100 111100 1110100 111101 1110100 100111 101100 1011110 111111 1111100 110100 111001 111100 111111 111111 110101 100 11110 100110 1110111 1010100 10111010 10111010 110100 11111 1111110 101111 10101000 1110110 111111 11011000 11101 1000111 10011000 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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; bi is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fri, birabas, gter are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words fri, birabas, barabas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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