This is an analysis of the poem Hvad Hører Jeg I Paradiis? that begins with:

Hvad hører jeg i paradiis?
En lyd af Herrens vredes riis,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX Xabb XcXX XXcX XXaX XXXc XXdd XcXX eeXX XXdX XXdX ffXc Xaee XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 11110101 11100011 11011110 1111111 11101101 01110010 1101110 11110101 11101101 1111111 11011111 1111111 11111101 01101111 11011111 11111111 11010110 11111101 11010000 111011 111111 1111111 11010110 10011101 10010101 11110101 11111001 1111110 1110101 111111 111101 111111 1111101 111111 11101101 10111101 11110111 1111111 1101111 11011101 11011000 11110101 11110110 10110101 11111101 11111111 1111110 1111111 11011101 1111100 11011111 01011110 1111111 1111111 11110111 01111111 11110111 11111101 101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det is repeated.

    The author used the same words hvor, er 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 d, n are repeated).

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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