This is an analysis of the poem Den Miskundelige that begins with:
Til Himlene rækker din Miskundhed, Gud!
Din Trofasthed naaer dine Skyer;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- 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: 110111001 1100111 11010101 01101110 1100101101 1100111 1101011 11001100 11000111001 110001 110100011 1111011 0111111 010111 110101101 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; din is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words din, som, hvor, du are repeated.
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- summary of Den Miskundelige;
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