This is an analysis of the poem Vinens Gud that begins with:

Skjønne Gud, der vidt om Land
Drages af dit Tigerspand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XXbXXX XXXaXX XXXXXX aaXXXX XbXXcX XXXXcc XcXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011100 111100 11101 111010 1110111 111101 111111 1110111 1111111 1111111 1110111 1110111 101110 11111 1110111 11110 1010111 111101 111100 1011011 1010101 1011011 1011011 1011101 101011 1011111 111111 100101 11111 11111 1110001 111101 11111 1110101 110010 11101 111110 1111101 1010011 1111101 11111 1111101 1100111 1111101 11011 1111101 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; med, sin, hans, som, er, for are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words med, bort, ingen, intet, see are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines m, n, v, gt, st, rk, dt are repeated).

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  • summary of Vinens Gud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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