This is an analysis of the poem O Morten, Morten Luther! that begins with:

O Morten, Morten Luther,
Som løb fra Klostrets Kutter...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabXXccXXXXX XX AXbbXddXXXXX XX aaXbXXXXXXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,12,2,12,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1111010 1111111 11111111 1111 110111 1101011 11011100 11011110 11011100 1111110 111101 11111110 11111101 1101010 111110 1100111 1110111 11111 11011101 11110101 11011101 1101111 11100100 1111111 11011 11111110 11111101 1101010 1101010 110101111 111111 110101 010111 1101111 1111110 0111100 1111101 11001111 111101 11111110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 words og, i, der are repeated.

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

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