This is an analysis of the poem Jeg Tror Paa, At Der Findes that begins with:

Jeg tror paa, at der findes
en Gud etsteds — i dig, i mig,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XbXb aXXc XXXX XdXd XcXX XeXe XXXX XcXc XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 11101111 11101 1111100 11111 1111101 111111 11011111 1111010 11110101 101011 1110101 1111011 1011111 111111 11010011 1111100 1111100 110110 11011 1111110 11010101 1111110 11011101 111111 11111111 11110111 1110 1111100 11110101 11011101 11011101 11111 1111111 1110111 1101111 111011 11111 10011111 111111 10011111 11111111 101000 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i, og, dig are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word h is repeated.

    The author used the same word en at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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