This is an analysis of the poem Hymne Til Vandet that begins with:

En Gud mig bevæger foruden Rist
Og vældigt mig byder at synge;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XbXXXX XXaXcc aXXdXX XXcXXX XXXXXa eXXXXd edeXXX XXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001 1111011 11011010101 11001110 111011001 1101100111 10101001 1100111 110110101 11010100 01001110 011101111 0100101010 11111010 11010101 11010010 11010100 110000111 1110101 10110100 11100111110 1111010 11010111 10101101 011001011 11101011 11011101 011111 111101010 101111111 1011010 1101110 11001011010 11001110 11010011010 01101111 11101011 1100101 11010001 11011001 11011111 11011100 1101101101 1111010 01011111 1111100 110011000 1101110 110111001 1001111 111111001 110101 11101101 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; du, den, hvor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words de, hvor are repeated.

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  • summary of Hymne Til Vandet;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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