This is an analysis of the poem Det Hellige Kors, Vor Herre, Han Bar that begins with:
Det hellige Kors, vor Herre, Han bar,
Hans blodige Saar og Pine svar,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaa XXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111011 1101111 11110111 10011111 110011011 11110110 11010111 110111101 01101111 10110111 11111101 11011111 11111101 11111101 111111000 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; og is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hans is repeated.
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