This is an analysis of the poem Jordkuglen I Sin Cirkeldands that begins with:

Jordkuglen i sin Cirkeldands
kalder igjen de blide Dage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXX XXXXXXXX aXaXXXXX bcXXddXX cXXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100 1010011 1011101 10111 10111101 10111101 1101101111 1001011 1001101 10011110 11111110 11110010 111111 1101111 1101101111 100111 1101011 11111 111111 11110 1110010 11110111 1101101111 1001011 1001101 1111010 1011111 110110 1111011 1001111 1101101111 1001011 10101100 101011100 101011 111101100 11111001 1111111 1101101111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i, vi, det are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word aar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Jordkuglen I Sin Cirkeldands;
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  • idea of the verse;
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