This is an analysis of the poem O Gud, Min Gud Og Fader that begins with:
O Gud, min Gud og Fader!
O bliv dog hos mig nu!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbc XdeXXXX XXXXXXX XeXeXXX XXXXccX XfXfXXX XcXXXXX XcXcXXX XdXXXXg XXXXXXX XXXXhXX XXfgeXf XXXXXXX eXXXhXX cXXXaac XXXXeXX XXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 111111 1101100 110110 111101 100101 11111 110111 110111 101101 111110 110011 11011 010001 1101110 110110 0101100 11111 1111010 11011 110111 110111 10111 01110 11111 011110 101111 110101 110001 11111 111111 11111 10111 111111 1111101 111101 11011111 111111 11111101 11010 10101 110110 10111 11111 110111 11011 101100 11111100 1011111 110011 11011 110111 11111 110001 110111 11011111 11111110 111111 11111 110100 01101 1111111 111101 111111 111101 11111 11101 111111 11110 11111 1111110 11101 1111110 11111 11111 100101 111101 110110 111001 01101 11111 1111111 110111 11111101 111110 01111 11111 11011 11111 11101 10111 01010 11100 11111 110101 01010111 11010 111100 111101 111101 111110 11111 11110 11110 11111 11111 111101 10111 110011 110110 11111 11111 111111 11101 111111 11111 11111 111010 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 133
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- 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; mig, o, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, men, om, og are repeated.
The author used the same words o, nu 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 den, rning, mme, de are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase hans connects the lines.
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